Incident date: 2023-03-29
NAICS industry code: 238140

An employee was cutting joints out of acid bricks below the manway door inside a tower. He lost his balance and as he went to catch himself, the grinder he was holding lacerated the top of his left hand.

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: Hand(s), except finger(s)
severity: moderate