Incident date: 2024-01-03
NAICS industry code: 811310

An employee was using a battery-powered portable grinder to cut a battery terminal when the cut-off wheel broke. A piece of the cut-off wheel then lacerated the employee's left thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
code_source: title: Chips, particles, splinters  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: moderate