Incident date: 2024-06-24
NAICS industry code: 311615

An employee was working on the rear of an open-top semi-trailer replacing part of the equipment and utilizing a right-angle grinder when the grinder wheel contacted their left arm causing two lacerations.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Grinders  handtool
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Arm(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate