Safety Flash
Grinding disc failures
Grinding disc failures
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 02/00
- Machinery and EquipmentPersonal Protective Equipment
- Line of fireMechanical failure
- Grinding equipment
- Vessel
Summary
This safety flash describes repeated grinding-disc failures aboard a member’s vessel. A newly fitted nine-inch disc fragmented during operation, narrowly missing two people, despite its speed rating exceeding the grinder’s. Further failures prompted withdrawal of the entire batch pending investigation; affected disc makes and sizes are identified.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Grinding equipment; angle grinder; grinding wheel.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
Grinding discs broke apart during use, prompting removal of the affected batch from service.
IMCA SF 02/00. Themes: machinery and equipment, personal protective equipment.