Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201091493 - GRINDING WHEEL EXPLODED CAUSING CUTS AND LACERATIONS

Accident Summary Nr: 201091493 -- Report ID: 0950645 -- Event Date: 01/21/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126216308	02/02/1998	1541	0	R.P. Richards

Abstract: On January 21, 1998, Employee #1 was injured when a grinder wheel exploded striking him in the chest and arm. Employee #1 was working from a scaffold from a height of six feet performing finish work on a cement tilt up wall when the rotating wheel of his grinder came in contact with a piece of rebar. The rebar was sticking out of the wall one-half inch. The grinding wheel exploded and pieces of the wheel struck Employee #1 in the chest and arm requiring surgery to close wounds.

Keywords: GRINDER, WHEEL, PPE, LACERATION, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Sewer/water treatment plant		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126216308			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Concrete and terrazzo finishers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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