Incident date: 2019-09-05
NAICS industry code: 237120

An employee was operating a hand grinder. When the employee stood up to respond to another employee, the cord/plug of the hand grinder struck him in the neck. The employee was hospitalized and received stitches in the neck area.

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: Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate