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Accident Summary Nr: 796540 - EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY PIECES OF ABRASIVE WHEEL

Accident Summary Nr: 796540 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 08/31/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104044714	09/01/1987	3321	0	Bremen Castings, Inc.

Abstract: AT APPROXIMATELY 1:15 PM ON AUGUST 31, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS EITHER GRINDING PARTS OR DRESSING AN ABRASIVE WHEEL. THE WHEEL WAS 26 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND 2 INCHES THICK. THE WHEEL SUDDENLY DISINTEGRATED. SEVERAL PIECES STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE CHEST AND ABDOMEN, CAUSING MASSIVE INJURIES. THE EMPLOYEE DIED AT BREMEN HOSPITAL LATER IN THE DAY. THE ABRASIVE WHEEL WAS NOT SPEED TESTED OR RING TESTED BEFORE IT WAS MOUNTED ON THE FOX STAND GRINDER. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STANDING APPROXIMATELY 1 FOOT IN FRONT OF THE WHEEL WHEN IT EXPLOSIVELY DISINTEGRATED.

Keywords: CHEST, ABDOMEN, DISINTEGRATED, WORK RULES, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT, GRINDING WHEEL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104044714			Fatality	Other	Grinding, abrading, buffing & polishing mach. op's

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