OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221574932

SAWBROOK STEEL CASTING, LLC

LOCKLAND, OH— 2023-06-23T00:00:00

Event: Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Flying Object, Foundry, Fracture, Grinding Machine, Grinding Wheel, Guard, Hand Tool, Head, Laceration, Lack of Engineering Controls, Machine Guarding, Safety Device, Skull, Steel, Struck By
NAICS: 331513
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346792039
Employer profile: SAWBROOK STEEL CASTING, LLC
Summary number: 221574932
Report ID: 0522000

Event description

Employee is killed from head injury when grinding wheel expl

Investigation abstract

At 9:30 a.m. on June 23, 2023, an employee working as a precision grinder for a steel foundry was using a pneumatic portable hand grinder on a cast metal part. The guard on the grinder was not in place and the grinding wheel exploded. The wheel struck the employee in the face causing skull injuries which killed him.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 60 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
644

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