Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202588331 - Disintegrating Grinding Wheel Lacerates Worker's Finger

Accident Summary Nr: 202588331 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 04/03/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315321588	04/08/2013	5051	423510	Kloeckner Metals Corporation

Abstract: At approximately 12:50 p.m. on April 3, 2013, an employee was working as a machinist for a wholesaler of metal material. He was grinding a metal plate with a portable Milwaukee angle grinder. The grinding wheel broke apart, and a fragment of the disintegrated wheel struck the employee. It pierced the middle finger of his right hand. The employee had mounted a 6,600-rpm grinding wheel on an unguarded angle grinder that ran at 11,000 rpm. The finger sustained laceration, including the bone. The employee was admitted to the Alta Bates Summit Medical Center on April 3, 2013, treated, and discharged on April 5, 2013.

Keywords: GRINDER, DISINTEGRATED, FINGER, MACHINIST, METAL SHOP, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, LACERATION, MECH MAT HANDLING, GRINDING WHEEL, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	315321588			Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Machinists

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