Incident date: 2022-11-21
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was cutting a pipe when the grinder he was using bound to the pipe and kicked back. The employee was hospitalized for lacerations of ligaments, nerves, and blood vessels of the wrist.

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: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate