OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #884288
PRECISION ROLLED PRODUCTS INC
RENO, NV·
Event description
Employee's face lacerated by metal bits
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was grit blasting metal bars inside the grit blast chamber using a K elco, model C-100, remote control system on a single chamber blast machine. Empl oyee #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 th e air pressure and grit to override the deadman valve at the nozzle. Consequentl y, Employee #1 sustained facial lacerations with embedded bits of metal.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 28 Male
- Nature of injury
- Cut/Laceration (7)
- Part of body
- FACE (9)
- Accident type
- STRUCK BY (1)
- Source of injury
- AIR PRESSURE (2)
- Occupation
- Hand grinding and polishing occupations (794)
- Human factor
- SAFETY DEVICES REMOVED/INOPER. (9)
- Environmental factor
- OTHER (18)
- 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.