Safety Alert
Hand-Held Angle Grinder Injury
Hand-Held Angle Grinder Injury
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 02-33
- Hot Work and FireMachinery and Equipment
- Line of fireMechanical failure
- Inspection and maintenance
- Grinding equipment
- Upstream oil and gas
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Summary
A rig welder modifying a rotary guard was dressing a weld with a hand-held angle grinder when its wheel shattered. A fragment struck his left leg below the knee, causing a two-inch cut requiring six stitches. The injury was classified as a restricted-work case.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Grinding equipment; angle grinder; grinding wheel.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Summary
A rig welder was working on the rig floor modifying the rotary guard.
IADC Alert 02-33. Themes: hot work and fire, machinery and equipment.