Incident date: 2019-09-05
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was cutting a pipe with a grinder. The pipe started to slip and the employee tried to catch the pipe. The grinder cut a tendon and artery in the employee's arm.

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: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate