Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200371615 - Employee died after being struck by grinding wheel

Accident Summary Nr: 200371615 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 06/18/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303554570	06/18/2001	3545	0	The Winter Corp

Abstract: On June 18, 2001, Employee #1 was dressing a grinding wheel on the grinding machine. The grinding wheel was newly installed on the machine. Unexpectedly, the grinding wheel came apart under rotation, destroying the steel plate guard for the wheel and sending a coolant line pipe through the air as a projectile. Employee #1 was struck in the head and was awake when the other employees got to the scene. Employee #1 was airlifted to Greenville Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Keywords: WHEEL, HEAD, ROTATING PARTS, GUARD, PIPE, STRUCK BY, GRINDING WHEEL, GRINDING MACHINE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	303554570			Fatality	Puncture	Grinding, abrading, buffing & polishing mach. op's

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