Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Day & Zimmermann NPS, Inc., NRG Middletown Generating Plant, MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT 06457
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the thigh(s).
Final narrative
On September 21, 2020, an employee was performing boiler maintenance and was using a 6" hand held angle grinder with a wafer cutting wheel to cut block welds in order to remove the cyclone tubes for replacement. While cutting, the cutting wheel became pinched and the grinder kicked back. The employee lost control of the grinder and sustained a laceration on his right leg above the knee that required sutures and hospitalization.
HospitalizedThigh(s)Hand grinders-powered
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