Incident date: 2018-02-20
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was operating a wire brush handheld grinder to smooth out concrete. The grinder hit the side of a stair and kicked back, hitting the employee's left leg and causing a 2" deep and 4" wide laceration on his thigh.

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: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate