Incident date: 2016-02-12
NAICS industry code: 332323

An employee was using a handheld angle grinder on a light pole base when the grinder rebounded and contacted his unprotected face. The employee suffered a severe laceration to the left side of the face. The grinder was unguarded at the time of the incident.

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: Face, n.e.c.
severity: moderate