OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14400840
SEVERED,DISINTEGRATED,WORK RULES,NECK,STRUCK BY,FLYING OBJECT,FOUNDRY,GRINDING WHEEL
Event description
GRINDING WHEEL DISINTEGRATED; PIECE STRUCK EMPLOYEE
Investigation abstract
ON MAY 23, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1, A FOUNDRY WORKER, WAS GRINDING BURRS OFF METAL CAS EST WAS EVER PERFORMED ON THE GRINDER WHEEL PRIOR TO INSTALLATION. TINGS. HE WAS USING A 30 INCH RESIN-BONDED SILICON CARBIDE GRINDING WHEEL, MANUF ACTURED BY THE SL ABRASIVES COMPANY, WHICH WAS MOUNTED ON A FOX GRINDER, MODEL # 1230AS. THE WHEEL HAD BEEN IN USE ONLY 9 HOURS. WITHOUT WARNING, THE WHEEL DISIN TEGRATED. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STRUCK IN THE NECK BY ONE OF THE FLYING PIECES. HE DIE D ALMOST IMMEDIATELY OF A SEVERED JUGULAR VEIN. ALTHOUGH THE GRINDER GUARDING ME T OSHA STANDARDS, ALL THE PIECES OF THE SHATTERED WHEEL COULD NOT BE CONTAINED. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE WHEEL WAS RATED AT 9,500 SFPM, IT WAS USED AT 12,500 SFPM. IN ADDITION TO BEING STRESSED BEYOND DESIGN LIMITATIONS, NO RING T
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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