Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170764013 - Employee's arm injured when grinder wheel kicks back

Accident Summary Nr: 170764013 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 12/17/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125501932	12/18/1997	7692	0	Ogletree'S Welding & Fabrication

Abstract: Employee #1, an experienced welder and fabricator, was using a Black & Decker 9 in. long sander/grinder with grinding wheel, model # 4075, serial #86877-Type 5. He was making a notch in a beam (a "rat hole") when he lost control of the grinder. The grinding wheel caught on the steel and kicked back into Employee #1's left upper arm. It went through his clothes and ground his upper arm at the shoulder down to the bone. The grinding wheel was not guarded.

Keywords: GRINDER, KICK BACK, WORK RULES, WELDER, LACERATION, ARM, GRINDING WHEEL, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125501932			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Welders and cutters

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