Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221489008

GECMS INC.

Event
Cutting, Grinder, Hand, Laceration, Leg, Metal Pipe, Stuck
NAICS
236220
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#345803530
Employer profile
GECMS INC.
Summary number
221489008
Report ID
0950611
Project type
D
Construction end-use
H

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

  1. #1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 31 M

    Event type
    14
    Occupation code
    869

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