Incident date: 2017-11-22
NAICS industry code: 332710

On November 22, 2017, at approximately 7:35 a.m., an employee was using a two-hand grinder to cut off bolts when the grinder slipped out of his hand and hit his left arm. The spinning cut-off wheel deeply cut into his left arm between the wrist and elbow, requiring hospitalization. The grinder guard was removed at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Hand grinders-powered
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate