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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221574932

Defect,Defective,Defective Equipment,Flying Object,Foundry,Fracture,Grinding Machine,Grinding Wheel,Guard,Hand Tool,Head,Laceration,Lack of Engineering Controls,Machine Guarding,Safety Device,Skull,Steel,Struck By

Event
Defect,Defective,Defective Equipment,Flying Object,Foundry,Fracture,Grinding Machine,Grinding Wheel,Guard,Hand Tool,Head,Laceration,Lack of Engineering Controls,Machine Guarding,Safety Device,Skull,Steel,Struck By
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
221574932
Report ID
0522000

Event description

Employee is killed from head injury when grinding wheel expl

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 60 M

    Event type
    1
    Occupation code
    644

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