Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202352159 - Grinding wheel strikes employee who is hospitalized

Accident Summary Nr: 202352159 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 07/11/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306771825	07/14/2003	7549	488410	J & J Towing

Abstract: On July 11, 2003, an employee working for a tow truck company was grinding off a metal pin on the wheel lift of a tow truck. The employee was struck in the right calf by a piece of abrasive grinding wheel that disintegrated during the operation. He was transported to Prince George's Hospital Center, where he was hospitalized and treated for lacerations and injured calf muscles...

Keywords: WHEEL, DISINTEGRATED, GUARD, MECHANIC, LACERATION, STRUCK BY, TOW TRUCK, FLYING OBJECT, ABRASIVE WHEEL, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	306771825			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Automobile mechanics

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