Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201636578 - Employee's Leg Is Fractured by Broken Grinding Disc

Accident Summary Nr: 201636578 -- Report ID: 1054112 -- Event Date: 12/21/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310682166	01/02/2007	2431	321918	Mcgriff Lumber Company

Abstract: On December 21, 2006, Employee #1 was using an unguarded angle grinder to remove excess welding from a sheet of metal. The grinding disk broke apart and a section of the disk struck his left leg, breaking the tibia.

Keywords: GRINDER, PORTABLE POWER TOOL, FRACTURE, TIBIA, MACHINE OPERATOR, LUMBER, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT, GRINDING WHEEL, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	310682166			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Milling and planing machine operators

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