Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 956805 - Employee hospitalized after struck by flying wheel fragment

Accident Summary Nr: 956805 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 03/04/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
112103445	03/18/1992	3325	0	Tusco Casting

Abstract: At approximately 11:10 a.m. on March 4, 1992, Employee #1 was using a handcart to pick up a barrel of parts approximately 12 ft from the grinding wheel area. Another employee had just changed a wheel on a grinder and had secured the wheel before standing to the left of the grinder. The employee had told another worker next to him to step aside but he had not seen Employee #1, who was outside the grinder area. After approximately 3 to 5 seconds, the stone exploded and fragments flew at Employee #1, striking his right forearm. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, FOREARM, EXPLOSION, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT, GRINDING WHEEL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	112103445			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Miscellaneous precision metal workers

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