Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201484623 - Employee injured while using portable grinder

Accident Summary Nr: 201484623 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 01/07/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125750810	01/31/2002	7534	0	D & D Tires

Abstract: Employee #1 was grinding a small bolt on an automobile metal wheel using a Dewalt portable pneumatic grinder with a 4.5-inch diameter wheel. He sustained a broken left ring finger and a punctured stomach when the grinding disk broke. The employee was hospitalized for 5 days to ensure that the stomach puncture wound remained clean.

Keywords: GRINDER, PORTABLE POWER TOOL, WHEEL, FRACTURE, FINGER, STOMACH, PUNCTURE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125750810			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Managers and administrators, n.e.c

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