Incident date: 2025-07-11
NAICS industry code: 236116

An employee was scoring a concrete slab with an angle grinder. The slab fractured prematurely and caused the spinning blade of the angle grinder to become jammed and then lacerate the employee's left upper leg above the knee area. The employee sustained a 3-inch laceration.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  irregular movement, kick back
code_source: title: Grinders  handtool
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate