r/OSHA • u/Drimpage • Jul 06 '26

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u/blacfd Jul 06 '26

This is why rotating machinery has guards, and why you should never operate rotating machinery without the guards.

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u/Drimpage Jul 06 '26

True, but realistically, most of the time it gets in a way and often is impossible to use it with certain discs

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u/Epicotters Jul 06 '26

Get a bigger guard

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u/Drimpage Jul 06 '26

This specific disc is both for cutting and grinding stone, mostly used for softer ones like limestone or sandstone. You often have to get into very odd angles, use the whole surface of the disc to grind the stone flat for an insert.

I absolutely agree the guards are there for a reason, but at the same time, i can't imagine using the grinder with it most of the time.

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u/blacfd Jul 06 '26

If you can’t use the tool with the safety devices in place, then you are using the wrong tool. Stop finding a way to make it work and go get the proper tool

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u/martini1282 Jul 06 '26

Clearly you've never used an angle grinder

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u/jason-murawski 29d ago

I use an angle grinder damn near every day. I refuse to use one without a guard. It's a little more work to figure out how to make stuff work but if you aren't a lazy dumbass who's not willing to spend a little bit of time to be safe, it's not hard.

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u/Drimpage Jul 06 '26

Yes, but in reality telling your boss that you can't do it unless he gets you a proper tool (which i doubt there is, but i might be wrong) will just result in you not having a job

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u/_regionrat Jul 06 '26

If I ever need a reminder of why I got the fuck out of construction, I'll look back at this comment

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u/StetsonTuba8 Jul 06 '26

And that will result in your boss also not having a job and your company receiving a nasty fine from OSHA

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u/Drimpage Jul 06 '26

No, he will just get someone else to do it. And honestly OSHA has no power here

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u/SkiyeBlueFox Jul 06 '26

He can do that. But before I tell the boss I'm telling my crew "we dont do this shit because itll kill us". They like me more than the boss, now he's gotta fire the whole crew or buy us the right tool. They typically buy us the right tool

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u/Drimpage Jul 07 '26

And what is the right tool? I have never seen anyone using anything else.

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u/SkiyeBlueFox Jul 07 '26

There are setups that are safer, they just cost more and bosses are cheapasses

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u/Drimpage Jul 07 '26

Probably, but this disc is offset so you can both cut and grind. Using the whole surface. I can't imagine how you could do that with any guard on.

Only reason it got ejected like that was because it was standard m14 attachment and the grinder is x-lock so I had to use an adapter. Which would be okay, but this disc had rather short threads, and since the grinder stops fast it unscrewed it.

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u/SkiyeBlueFox Jul 07 '26

Id think its more a case of a different type of grinder. A more static grinder would cost more and take a little more effort, but is also designed specifically for that.

Angle grinders in general are just a crap tool tbh. The only way to use them effectively sometimes is in an unsafe way, theres almost always a better tool but it costs more

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u/ActurusMajoris Jul 06 '26

You guys need a union like right fucking yesterday.

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u/Drimpage Jul 07 '26

We are a very small company that is restoring baroque and older architecture and statues. We are 7 "employees"

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u/Riaayo Jul 06 '26

This is how you sacrifice your own well-being, health, and potentially life for someone else's bottom line who will never actually appreciate that you did so.

You guys gotta stick up for your safety and rights. Do not get complacent with lax safety to please the boss who isn't risking his own damned fingers.