Incident date: 2017-07-06
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was operating a handheld grinder to cut cast iron when the grinder kicked back and lacerated the employee's finger, requiring surgery.

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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate