Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 119530.015 - Employee fractures arm when caught in lathe

Accident Summary Nr: 119530.015 -- Report ID: 0522000 -- Event Date: 08/29/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1428081.015	09/04/2019		423120	Tfo Tech Company Ltd.

Abstract: At 5:45 a.m. on August 29, 2019, an employee was operating a Victor 2080S lathe was attaching a punch pin to the chuck of a lathe while it was operating at 20 RPMs. The employee placed his left hand on the pin as it was turning and his arm was pulled into the lathe. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured arm, dislocated shoulder, fractured ribs and a crushed artery.

Keywords: Arm, Artery, Caught In, Crushed, Dislocated, Fracture, Lathe, Machine operator, Pin, Pulled In, Rib, Shoulder

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1428081.015	60	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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