Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at Worldwide Flight Services, Inc.
Start: 12/11/2017

1 hospitalization · 20171211735 · 12/11/2017 · Worldwide Flight Services, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Lower leg(s)
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
Source: Chips, particles, splinters, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Hand grinders-powered

Employer

Name: Worldwide Flight Services, Inc.
Location: 1750 NW 66th Avenue, MIAMI, FLORIDA, 33126
NAICS: 488119
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cutting a ring tool with a handheld grinder when the grinder wheel exploded and a piece of the wheel lodged into and lacerated his lower right leg.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown