Incident date: 2025-03-31
NAICS industry code: 335311

An employee was removing (cutting) a wheel from a mobile cart when the grinding wheel of the handheld grinder they were using broke and struck them. The employee sustained a laceration.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
code_source: title: Machine and tool parts, accessories  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Part of body  unspecified
severity: moderate