OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #848226
M-C SPORT SYSTEMS, INCORPORATED
PALATINE, IL·
Event description
Employee killed when struck by exploding abrasive saw blade
Investigation abstract
On October 7, 1987, Employee #1 was preparing to saw cut a tennis court in prepa ngs to indicate the spindle speed. ration for repair work when the abrasive saw blade mounted on the concrete/aspha lt cutter blew apart, striking him in the head. He was killed. Investigation rev ealed that the employee did not use the guard because the saw blade's diameter w as too large to accomodate the guard. The blade blew apart because it was rated for 3,015 rpm, but the spindle speed of the cutter was 4,600 rpm. The employee h ad no procedure for testing the spindle speed of the cutter prior to mounting wh eels and the employee had never determined the spindle speed when the machine wa s purchased several years earlier. The machine did not bear any marking or warni
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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