Incident date: 2016-05-16
NAICS industry code: 236210

An employee was replacing a concrete grinder wheel when the grinding wheel exploded, lacerating his left index finger and fracturing his left shin bone. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Chips, particles, splinters, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Upper and lower limb(s)
severity: moderate