Safety Flash
Fatality: grinder incident
Fatality: grinder incident
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 03/05
- Hot Work and FireMachinery and Equipment
- Line of fireMechanical failure
- Hot work
- Grinding equipment
- Machine guardingOperating and work proceduresPre-use checks
Summary
A welder died after an angle grinder wheel disintegrated during surface preparation for welding, sending fragments into his chest and abdomen. Investigation identified an incompatible cutting disc and missing guard. The flash highlights manufacturers’ instructions, wheel speed and diameter limits, guarding, careful handling and inspection before installation.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Hot work; welding and cutting.
Classifications: Grinding equipment; angle grinder; grinding wheel.
Classifications: Machine guarding; machinery guards; machine guards.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Pre-use checks; pre-use inspection.
Summary
A member has reported a fatality which occurred during preparation of surfaces for welding.
IMCA SF 03/05. Themes: hot work and fire, machinery and equipment.