Incident date: 2023-01-03
NAICS industry code: 333249

On January 3, 2023, at 11:45 a.m., an employee was grinding welds on a tank with a 4.5-inch electric grinder disc when it kicked back and lacerated their right ring finger down to the bone, requiring hospitalization.

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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate