It is vital to operate grinding machine safely. Here are some examples of accidents that caused by grinding machine, and hope everyone take a warning from them.
Case 1: An injured person was treated at the emergency department in Nanjing, Jiangsu province. The young man’s jaw was badly injured and an entire bag of tissue paper used to cover the wound was soaked in blood. There is a distinct oblique cleft in the jaw which about 8 cm long.
While the victim was sharpening his knife with a grinding wheel, the wheel suddenly flew off and cut his chin in half. After the incident, his workmate quickly found a pack of tissue paper to cover the wound and drove him directly to the emergency department.
Case 2: In Nanshan district, Shenzhen, at about 8:50 in the morning of August 25th, a man in a rented home where building materials are sold without a license had a sudden accident when he was installing an exhaust fan for a steel room. The artery in his right leg was cut by a grinding machine and he died after rescue. At present, the relevant department has inquired into this case.
Case 3: On the morning of January 17, Zhang went to work on the construction site as usual. He came to his post and picked up his familiar hand-held grinder, only to find that an accident happened. The grinding wheel, which was rotating at a high speed, suddenly broke and flew towards Zhang with tremendous inertia. What follows is a horrific scene in which a piece of grinding wheel has been driven into his face like a stake, piercing both eye sockets directly into his brain, almost cutting his face in half.
According to chief physician at neurosurgery, the patient arrived in shock. Although the whole face is wrapped with gauze, the blood kept oozing from the wound. The foreign body inserted into the left eye to the right eye with the diameter of about 10 cm, and you can see that the eyeball has shifted and bulged.
Case 4: At about 14:00 on August 28, a woman in Yangzhou was doing decoration at home, and the workers were cutting and polishing ceramic tiles with a hand-held grinder. At this time, the grinding wheel suddenly cracked and a fragment of the grinding wheel jumped out, which happened to hit the bridge of the woman's nose, causing serious injury to the bridge of her nose.
So, how to avoid the occurrence of similar injury accident? The following notes are important.
1, Must use the grinding machine with a shield.
2, The size of grinding wheel must match the grinding machine.
3, Grinding wheel in good condition without damage and crack.
4, Safety glasses and helmet must be properly worn during operation.
5, The operator should not work in the tangent direction of the grinding wheel.
6, When the grinder is in operation, the cutting direction towards the surrounding staff and all inflammable and explosive dangerous goods is strictly prohibited.
7, When using the hand-held grinder, it is important to remember not to exert too much force, but to exert it slowly and evenly, so as to avoid the breakage of the grinding wheel.
