Incident date: 2021-03-19
NAICS industry code: 561210

The wheel of a grinder disk broke off and struck an employee (standing 6-7 feet away) in the eye. The employee suffered an eye injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Eye(s)
severity: moderate