Incident date: 2021-02-11
NAICS industry code: 238340

An employee was prepping the floor using an angle grinder to cut a door jam. The grinder kicked back and struck his left hand causing an amputation to the ring finger and a laceration on the index and ring fingers.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Hand grinders-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high