OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #884288
WORK RULES,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,HOSE,RUPTURE,LACERATION,STRUCK BY,FLYING OBJECT,FACE,SANDBLASTING
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 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 9
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 2
- Occupation code
- 794
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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