Incident date: 2019-07-17
NAICS industry code: 236210

An employee was using an abrasive wheel to cut water pipe when the wheel kicked back, knocked the employee's face shield off and caused facial lacerations.

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: Face, unspecified
severity: moderate