Incident date: 2021-09-24
NAICS industry code: 237120

Two employees were standing about 10 feet apart as one of them prepared to use a handheld grinder to cut a metal pipe. When the employee turned on power to the grinder, a piece of the cutting wheel flew off and struck the other employee, injuring that employee's face and eye.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Metal chips, particles
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Multiple face locations
severity: moderate