Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170161640 - Employee injured by flying abrasive wheel fragments

Accident Summary Nr: 170161640 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 05/06/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
112013057	05/13/1991	1771	0	Childress Concrete

Abstract: A coworker of Employee #1, the foreman, mounted a Target 6 in. abrasive cup wheel, rated at 6,050 rpm, on a Makita portable electric motor, rated at 6,000 rpm. The coworker plugged it into an outlet on a Snorkelift manlift, which put out 225 volts instead of 120 volts. When Employee #1 had the coworker activate it to demonstrate the problem, the cup wheel exploded and fragments struck Employee #1 in the face and body. There was no guard on the cup wheel.

Keywords: WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT, ABRASIVE WHEEL, FACE, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	112013057			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Supervisors, n.e.c.

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