OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221489008
GECMS INC.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA·
Event description
Employee cuts hand and leg while using angle grinder
Investigation abstract
At 10:44 a.m. on February 18, 2022, an employee was using a Bosch GWS8-45 angle grinder to cut a metal tube when the grinder got stuck. The employee was trying to free the angle grinder while it was still on when it twisted, turned and cut him after it was freed. The employee suffered a cut to the palm of his left hand below his thumb and to his leg and was treated without hospitalization.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 31 M
- Event type
- 14
- Occupation code
- 869
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