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A Partial List of Accidents Involving Grinders |
|
Case |
Accident |
Date |
Fatal |
SIC |
Description |
1 |
201270436 |
12/21/1997 |
X |
3321 |
Struck By Fragments From A Broken Grinding Wheel. |
2 |
170900906 |
10/09/1997 |
|
3546 |
Caught Finger in Grinding Wheel |
3 |
170104749 |
03/01/1997 |
X |
3321 |
Struck By Broken Grinding Wheel Piece |
4 |
201150463 |
11/19/1996 |
|
4213 |
Unguarded Grinding Wheel Shattered, Loss Right Eye |
5 |
300805272 |
09/27/1996 |
|
3366 |
Grinding Wheel Cut Face |
6 |
170587992 |
06/21/1996 |
|
2674 |
Finger Ground in Grinding Wheel |
7 |
201110079 |
06/14/1996 |
|
3593 |
Grinding Wheel |
8 |
014317374 |
10/26/1995 |
X |
3322 |
Employee Killed When Grinding Wheel Disintegrates |
9 |
014409858 |
08/03/1995 |
X |
1799 |
Employee Killed When Struck By Grinding Wheel Fragment |
10 |
170743090 |
03/01/1995 |
|
3321 |
Employee Injured By Exploding Grinding Wheel |
11 |
170395644 |
11/16/1994 |
|
3312 |
Employee's Finger Amputated By Grinding Wheel |
12 |
014524904 |
10/04/1994 |
X |
3321 |
Struck By Exploding Grinding Wheel |
13 |
000781716 |
10/27/1993 |
|
4941 |
Employee Struck By Grinding Wheel |
14 |
170359574 |
10/13/1993 |
|
7538 |
Employee's Index Finger Is Amputated By Grinding Wheel |
15 |
170696496 |
08/01/1993 |
|
2033 |
Employee's Fingers Struck By Grinding Wheel |
16 |
170152193 |
02/23/1993 |
|
3999 |
Employee Injured As Grinding Wheel Disintegrates |
17 |
170717763 |
09/23/1992 |
|
0921 |
Employee's Thumb Tip Amputated in Grinding Wheel |
18 |
001001205 |
12/10/1991 |
|
3792 |
Employee's Left Thumb Amputated on Grinding Wheel |
19 |
170683924 |
11/11/1991 |
|
3533 |
Employee Catches Hand Between Bit and Grinding Wheel |
20 |
170175475 |
09/11/1991 |
|
4512 |
Employee's Fingers Nearly Severed By Grinding Wheel |
21 |
000956094 |
08/30/1991 |
|
3321 |
Employee Disfigured When Struck By Grinding Wheel |
22 |
014330542 |
08/14/1991 |
|
3321 |
Employee Injured When Struck By Exploding Grinding Wheel |
23 |
000773903 |
07/03/1991 |
X |
3599 |
Employee Killed When Struck By Broken Grinding Wheel |
24 |
000767228 |
10/12/1990 |
X |
3321 |
Employee Killed When Struck By Pieces of Grinding Wheel |
25 |
000795005 |
09/27/1990 |
|
1611 |
Employee's Leg Lacerated in Grinding Wheel Explosion |
26 |
014537526 |
08/02/1990 |
|
7353 |
Employee Struck By Grinding Wheel |
27 |
000760140 |
01/17/1990 |
|
3599 |
Employee's Fingers Amputated Between Chuck & Grinding Wheel |
Source: OSHA Database 1990 - 1997
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