Incident date: 2016-02-19
NAICS industry code: 236220

On February 19, 2016, an employee was cutting a steel beam with a grinder when the grinder jumped out of the cut and contacted the employee above the knee. He was hospitalized overnight with a right leg laceration.

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: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate