Incident date: 2025-07-15
NAICS industry code: 238910

An employee was conducting abatement operations using a floor grinder. The grinder came in contact with the plastic cord of a window blind, causing the grinder's handle to strike the employee near the right eye. The employee suffered a fracture near the eye socket, along with a laceration near the eye.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  irregular movement, kick back
code_source: title: Grinders, abraders
code_nature: title: Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
code_body: title: Eye(s)
severity: moderate