Safety Alert
Hand Grinder Incident Results in Arm Laceration
Hand Grinder Incident Results in Arm Laceration
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 02-36
- Machinery and Equipment
- Line of fireMechanical failure
- Grinding equipmentHand tools
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Summary
A safety alert describes an employee polishing a metal table with a hand-held pneumatic grinder. The grinding wheel became stuck in a table joint and broke off. The broken wheel struck the employee’s forearm, causing a laceration.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Grinding equipment; angle grinder; grinding wheel.
Classifications: Hand tools; hand-held tools; handheld tools.
Summary
An employee was using a hand held pneumatic grinder to polish a metal table.
IADC Alert 02-36. Themes: machinery and equipment.