Help! I was grinding on my Niche and suddenly this flies out and it stops grinding and won't grind. What do I do?

How old is it?

The photos are blurry and the top one taken from an unusual angle, so it's difficult to know what the parts are, or how large they are. Put a coin or fingers to show scale.

Can you take better photos and a shot inside the grinder (bean hopper off), with burrs in, and removed.

I don't want to guess what the parts are. I'm confused how it flies out of where? There is also a flow control disk to get past.

I'm not.even clear on thether the burrs are even spinning or not ?

Looks like a roll pin to me.

If this came out of the discharge chute, take it apart like doing a deep clean, you should be able to spot where it might have come from. If it came from the motor area you have some more disassembly to do.

I really do not remember any roll pins in my Niche.

Good luck.

If you haven't already I would contact Niche Coffee at hello@nichecoffee.co.uk

I don't think it's from a shaft or gear, but there is no idea of scale or whether it's one part or 2 separate parts.

If i had to guess, it could be one part (2 photos) and be the rear right hand side lid retaining pin. The grinders not grinding because the lid is no longer able to fully depress the safety lockout. If it is this, the scrolled end of the pin could be slightly expanded and it pushed back in. The grinder will then work again.

The OP has really given the minimum information possible.

Yup, cover roll pin



Edit:
Thinking more about it, the plastic hinge joint could be cracked from an overly large pin or robust handling...

Robust handling like this

Wow!