Incident date: 2017-12-11
NAICS industry code: 488119

An employee was cutting a ring tool with a handheld grinder when the grinder wheel exploded and a piece of the wheel lodged into and lacerated his lower right leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Chips, particles, splinters, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate