Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201510104 - Employee injured in a grinding operation

Accident Summary Nr: 201510104 -- Report ID: 0950651 -- Event Date: 01/26/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125689059	01/27/2000	1446	0	Silica Resources Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 was standing approximately 5 ft away from a grinding operation. The grinder involved was improperly modified and fitted with a stone grinding wheel with a lower rpm limit than that of the grinder. At the time of the accident the grinding stone broke and struck Employee #1 in the face by pieces of the broken grinding wheel. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: GRINDER, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, STRUCK BY, FACE, GRINDING WHEEL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125689059			Non Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Misc. metal,plastic,stone&glass-working mach. op's

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