FACTS

1. Contact with wheel. Angle grinders can cut through stone, concrete, metal and other strong materials, so they have no trouble cutting through human flesh and bones.
2. Wheel breakage. The risk of breakage is inherent in every abrasive wheel. This risk must be kept low by checking discs, correctly mounting, and safely using angle grinders.
3. Contact with projectiles. Projectiles can be caused by the wheel bursting (covered in point 2 above) but also by the material being cut or ground.
4. Kickback. Kickbacks can cause the user to lose control of the tool, and it can hit the worker or be […]

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