Incident date: 2015-09-09
NAICS industry code: 236118

An employee was using a 4-inch grinder to cut a piece of rebar when it kicked back and he cut his left hand on the inner part of the left thumb and his wrist on the grinder. He received a cut approximately 1/4-inch long and was hospitalized for surgery. Gloves were worn at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Grinders, abraders
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Hand(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate