Incident date: 2025-03-14
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was working in a tight 15-inch space and using a 6-inch angle grinder to cut off an angle on an iron standoff boiler pulverizer. The grinder bound up in the angle, kicked back, lacerating the employee's left forearm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  irregular movement, kick back
code_source: title: Grinders  handtool
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate