OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #601948
C & T CONCRETE COMPANY
ORLANDO, FL·
Event description
Employee killed when struck by flying grinder blade
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was employed by a sub-contractor pouring the concrete slabs for priv ate homes. He was using a hand-held 5 in. angle grinder with a motor rated at 10 ,000 rpm. The guard had been removed. A 12 in. by 1/8 in. by 7/8 in. concrete cu tting blade with a label stating "Do not exceed 6,3000 rpm" was mounted on the g rinder, which was being used to cut down 5 in. of the concrete slab for the hous e/garage side door. After nine cuts had been made the blade shattered, and a sec tion struck Employee #1 in the chest, lacerating his heart and killing him.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 33 Male
- Nature of injury
- Cut/Laceration (7)
- Part of body
- CHEST (5)
- Accident type
- STRUCK BY (1)
- Source of injury
- HAND TOOL (POWERED) (21)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- SAFETY DEVICES REMOVED/INOPER. (9)
- Environmental factor
- FLYING OBJECT ACTION (5)
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.