Safety Flash
Grinding disc with defects
Grinding disc with defects
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 11/11
- Machinery and Equipment
- Mechanical failure
- Inspection and maintenance
- Grinding equipment
- Pre-use checks
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Summary
A welder identified a defective new grinding disc before use. Its steel inner ring appeared to have melted into the disc during manufacture, potentially allowing cracking during grinding and serious injury or damage. The flash highlights visual inspection of grinding equipment before and after use.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Grinding equipment; angle grinder; grinding wheel.
Classifications: Pre-use checks; pre-use inspection.
Summary
A Member has reported an incident in which a welder discovered a defect in a new grinding disc.
IMCA SF 11/11. Themes: machinery and equipment.