Incident date: 2023-06-28
NAICS industry code: 333999

An employee was using a grinder on a metal baler when the grinder became caught on the employee's pants and fell, striking them in the lower leg. The employee sustained lacerations to multiple tendons that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
code_source: title: Hand grinders-powered
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Lower extremities, unspecified
severity: moderate