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Accident Summary Nr: 1001270 - EMPLOYEE STRUCK BY PART FROM TURRET LATHE, HIP FRACTURED

Accident Summary Nr: 1001270 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 04/11/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101931632	08/25/1986	3536	0	Koehring Cranes & Excavation

Abstract: AT ABOUT 4:45 PM ON APRIL 11, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A GIDDINGS AND LEWIS TAPE-OPERATED TURRET LATHE. THE LATHE HAD BEEN SET UP AND TWO CUTS HAD BEEN MADE IN THE WORK PIECE. AS HE WAS ABOUT TO MAKE A THIRD CUT, USING THE SAME TOOL, THE MACHINE APPARENTLY MALFUNCTIONED AND BURIED THE TURRET INTO THE WORK PIECE. THIS DISLODGED THE TURRET HEAD FROM THE MOUNTING PLATE INTO THE LATHE'S DOOR. THE DOOR, IN TURN, STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE HIP. HE SUFFERED A BROKEN HIP.

Keywords: FRACTURE, LATHE, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT, DOOR, HIP

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101931632			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Drilling and boring machine operators

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