Incident date: 2022-07-28
NAICS industry code: 332420

An employee was using a grinder to cut off a piece of tubing. The grinder jerked and cut the employee's left wrist twice about 2 inches below the palm, cutting the artery in his wrist. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Hand grinders-powered
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate