Incident date: 2022-11-15
NAICS industry code: 331511

An employee was using a pencil grinder equipped with a cutting wheel to enlarge an opening for an LCD display in a steel access door. The cutting wheel shattered and a fragment struck the employee in the face, resulting in a laceration to the right cheek and a fractured tooth. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Chips, particles, splinters, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple face locations
severity: moderate