Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Open wounds, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at G.H.C. REID & COMPANY, LTD, TAFUNA INDUSTRIAL PARK, PAGO PAGO, AMERICAN SAMOA 96799
on — Open wounds, unspecified, affecting the multiple face locations.
Final narrative
An employee was cutting metal with a small handheld grinder when his hands flinched, which caused the tool to come toward his face. The rotating disk severed the left side of his lip and his face below the eye. He was hospitalized.
HospitalizedMultiple face locationsHand grinders-powered
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