Alert 00 – 34 Fatality: Cut – Off Wheel Fractures During Use
Alert 00 – 34 Fatality: Cut – Off Wheel Fractures During Use
WHAT HAPPENED:
An air-powered angle grinder was being used to cut grooves into cast iron with a cut-off wheel. The cutoff wheel fractured during use and a large fragment of the wheel went through the worker’s face shield and into the worker’s face. The worker died as a result of the injury.