Incident date: 2020-10-23
NAICS industry code: 238120

An employee was using an electric grinder on a weld joint, opening up the joint on the bottom flange of a steel beam. The grinding disk caught an edge of the beam, kicked back, and lacerated the employee's neck. He was hospitalized.

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