Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 120922.015 - Employee fractures arm, amputates finger when pulled into la

Accident Summary Nr: 120922.015 -- Report ID: 0626600 -- Event Date: 10/17/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1439276.015	10/22/2019		325212	Drewett Operations, Llc

Abstract: At 9:00 a.m. October 17, 2019, an employee who worked for a synthetic rubber manufactuer was performing manual sanding operations on a rusted shaft. The shaft was mounted on a Lodge and Shipley manual lathe machine. The employee caught his glove and sanding paper in the rotating shaft that was mounted on the lathe. The employee fractured his arm and amputated a finger and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Arm, Caught In, Cleaning, Finger, Fracture, Glove, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Lathe, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Pulled In, Rotating Shaft, Rubber, Traumatic Amputation, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1439276.015	28	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

Thank You for Visiting Our Website

You are exiting the Department of Labor's Web server.

The Department of Labor does not endorse, takes no responsibility for, and exercises no control over the linked organization or its views, or contents, nor does it vouch for the accuracy or accessibility of the information contained on the destination server. The Department of Labor also cannot authorize the use of copyrighted materials contained in linked Web sites. Users must request such authorization from the sponsor of the linked Web site. Thank you for visiting our site. Please click the button below to continue.