Incident date: 2015-10-07
NAICS industry code: 238290

An employee was operating a portable grinder with a cup tool attachment to bevel the edge of a piece of pipe. The cup tool disintegrated and debris from the cup tool struck the left side of the employee's face. The employee was transported to hospital.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Chips, particles, splinters, unspecified
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Face, unspecified
severity: moderate