Incident date: 2025-08-06
NAICS industry code: 237120

An employee was using an angle grinder to grind a pin on a quick coupler for an excavator. The grinding wheel failed, resulting in a cheek laceration, fractured orbital bone, and a ruptured eyeball.

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: Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
code_body: title: Multiple regions of the head
severity: moderate