Hand-held grinders are used frequently in the oil and gas industry in both maintenance shops and in the field. These tools contain significant potential energy and should be treated with respect. Operate them safely, use the guards and wear the proper PPE. If you don't, your life may hang in the balance. WHAT HAPPENED? A welder, carrying out maintenance on a quarry excavator bucket, was killed while using an angle grinder to prepare surfaces for welding. HOW DID IT HAPPEN? The hand-held angle grinder was fitted with a 230 mm diameter cutting-off wheel and when it disintegrated, fragments penetrated the victim's chest and […]