Incident date: 2015-09-12
NAICS industry code: 238290

The employee was cutting a 1/4 inch piece of plastic liner with a hand held grinder. The grinder jumped, lacerating the employee's left middle and index fingers.  The employee 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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate