Incident date: 2021-04-28
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was using a grinder to cut an aluminum conduit. The blade of the grinder broke off in the conduit, causing the grinder to jump up and cut the employee's left wrist and forearm. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Grinders, abraders
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Wrist(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate