Incident date: 2020-08-31
NAICS industry code: 311999

An employee was using a handheld grinder to cut an angle iron when the cutting blade became trapped between two pieces of metal and jumped back, cutting his right index finger to the bone. He was hospitalized and had 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