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Accident: 884288 - Employee'S Face Lacerated By Metal Bits

Accident: 884288 -- Report ID: 0953210 -- Event Date: 05/16/1989
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
10468725605/19/19893356Precision Rolled Products Inc
Employee #1 was grit blasting metal bars inside the grit blast chamber using a Kelco, model C-100, remote control system on a single chamber blast machine. Employee #1 removed his face protection for better vision while turning and checking metal bars. A hose at the pilot valve outside the chamber gave way, allowing the air pressure and grit to override the deadman valve at the nozzle. Consequently, Employee #1 sustained facial lacerations with embedded bits of metal.
Keywords: work rules, equipment failure, hose, rupture, laceration, struck by, flying object, face, sandblasting
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 104687256 Hospitalized injury Cut/Laceration Hand grinding and polishing occupations

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