Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 130506.015 - Employee crushes leg when roll falls while resurfacing beari

Accident Summary Nr: 130506.015 -- Report ID: 0111700 -- Event Date: 10/19/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1498402.015	10/20/2020		332710	Berlin Foundry & Machine Company, Llc

Abstract: At 2:15 p.m. on October 19, 2020, an employee working as a machinist for a foundry machine shop was resurfacing a bearing surface using a brush painting method. The center tailstock holding the 17,000-pound reel spool in place on the lathe broke causing the roll to fall and crush the employee's left leg. The employee sustained multiple fractures to his leg and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Bearing, Crushed, Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Falling Object, Foundry, Fracture, Lathe, Leg, Machinist, Malfunction, Material Handling, Metal, Metal Lathe, Roll, Struck By, Unsafe Position

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1498402.015	55	M	Hospitalized injury		Machinists

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