Incident date: 2021-05-03
NAICS industry code: 237990

At 9:45 a.m. on May 3, 2021, an employee was sitting in front of an iron plate, using a hand grinder to remove tack welds from it. The wheel jumped, slipped on his right leg, and cut him just above the knee on the side. He was hospitalized.

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