Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 135030.015 - Employee fractures arm when gloved hand is pulled into lathe

Accident Summary Nr: 135030.015 -- Report ID: 0636900 -- Event Date: 03/04/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1525796.015	03/15/2021		333922	Industrial Screw Conveyors, Inc.

Abstract: At 8:33 a.m. on March 4, 2021, an employee working for a conveyor manufacturer was deburring pipe on a lathe. The employee was wearing gloves due to the facility being cold that morning. She was using the wrong size sandpaper to perform the deburring process. As a result, her hand was pulled into the lathe due to the wrong sandpaper coupled with her wearing gloves. In addition, the lathe did not have the appropriate guard in place over the rotating chuck. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured arm.

Keywords: Arm, Catch Point, Caught By, Deburring, Fracture, Glove, Inexperience, Lathe, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Material Handling, Metal Lathe, Metal Pipe, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Pipe, Pulled In, Safety Device, Weather, Wrong Equipment

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1525796.015	44	F	Hospitalized injury

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