The speed varies among various grinding wheels.
Grinder cut off wheel accidents.
Some resulting to fatality.
The good news is that over 90 of these accidents are preventable if good safety precautions are adopted.
Employee is hospitalized when struck by cut off wheel.
Apply excessive pressure onto the wheel so that the driving motor slows down.
However accidents have occurred because of misuse and abuse of these wheels.
The metal being ground an also be wasted.
If your wheel exceeds these rpm s or is otherwise used improperly it can tear apart.
Allow the wheel to be trapped or pinched in the cut.
Employee ignites reflective vest while grinding metal tubing.
To work with high strength steel there are harder wheels.
Employee s finger is partially amputated while operating gri.
The hand held angle grinder was fitted with a 230mm diameter cutting off wheel and when it disintegrated fragments penetrated the victim s chest and abdomen.
Using the wrong wheel can cause safety hazards for the grinder as well as it will damage the wheel.
I had a accident while trying to take some paint off a piece of scrap metal.
Always switch the machine off and allow the wheel to stop revolving.
They are a handheld power tool often found on construction sites used for cutting grinding and polishing.
Angle grinders are a type of abrasive wheel.
Going for the wrong speed.
He was taken to hospital by rescue helicopter but died the same day.
I ended up with a angle grinder stuck into my hand.
Grind on the side of cutting off wheels.
To cut steel plate rode or steel casing cutter wheels are used.
Employee using grinder is cut.
Please learn from my stupid.
Found everywhere from metal fabrication shops to homeowners garages these wheels are very safe when used correctly.
There have been several angle grinder accidents reported in our various work places.
Portable cut off wheels are among the most common bonded abrasive products in use.
These angle grinder accidents ranges from minor to severe.
One reason is that abrasives are built to work within a specific range of rpm s which are usually outlined on the packaging or on the wheel itself.
On september 30 2014.
A welder was using an angle grinder for the preparation work when the disk of the grinder disintegrated.
It s important to use them correctly.
