Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 126828.015 - Employee injures finger when pulled into lathe, later amputa

Accident Summary Nr: 126828.015 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 05/27/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1478129.015	06/10/2020		311812	Oakhurst Industry, Inc.

Abstract: At 10:15 a.m. on May 27, 2020, an employee working as a machinist for commercial bakery was polishing/sanding a shaft on a lathe. The employee caught his left latex glove in the spinning shaft which pulled his left hand into the lathe. The employee seriously injured his pinky finger. He was hospitalized and required surgical amputation since the finger could not be repaired.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught By, Finger, Glove, Lathe, Machine Guarding, Machinist, Metal Lathe, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pulled In, Rotating Parts, Rotating Shaft, Surgical Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1478129.015	72	M	Hospitalized injury		Machinists

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