Incident date: 2017-04-06
NAICS industry code: 332999

An employee was using a mounted hand grinder to prepare the bevel on a rim for welding when the grinding wheel broke and lacerated his left index finger, requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate