OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #970947
CUSTOM INDUSTRIES INC.
WEST JORDAN, UT·
Event description
Employee's left thigh lacerated by unguarded grinder
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was grinding on a casting using a handheld pneumatic right angle gri nder, rated at 6,000 rpm, with a new 9 in. diameter abrasive wheel, rated at 6,6 00 rpm. The grinder came apart in three pieces, lacerating Employee #1's left th igh to the bone. There was no guard on the grinder.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 18 Male
- Nature of injury
- Cut/Laceration (7)
- Part of body
- LEGS (16)
- Accident type
- STRUCK BY (1)
- Source of injury
- HAND TOOL (POWERED) (21)
- Occupation
- Grinding, abrading, buffing & polishing mach. op's (709)
- 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.