Safety Alert
Hand Grinder Incidents
Hand Grinder Incidents
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 01-06
- Machinery and Equipment
- EntanglementLine of fire
- Grinding equipment
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Summary
Two handheld grinder accidents caused serious facial injuries through kickback. In the first, an electric grinder became entangled in a loose tarpaulin tie rope surrounding the workstation. In the second, a cutting disc snagged while cutting lengthways along a pipe held in a vice.
Classifications: Entanglement; caught in machinery; drawn into machinery.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Grinding equipment; angle grinder; grinding wheel.
Summary
Two separate reportable accidents occurred recently involving the use of hand held grinders.
IADC Alert 01-06. Themes: machinery and equipment.