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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 142861.015 - Employee Amputates Finger In Lathe While Polishing Running S

**Accident: 142861.015 -- Report ID: 0626600 -- Event Date: 01/18/2022**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1573262.015	01/19/2022		Weldfit Corporation

At 10:01 a.m. on January 18, 2022, an employee was in the process of polishing t he running shaft on a manual lathe. The employee's right middle finger was caugh t in or between the running shaft of the manual lathe which resulted in amputati on and medical treatment without hospitalization.

Keywords: amputated, amputation, caught between, caught in, cleaning, energized, engineering controls, finger, lack of engineering controls, lathe, lockout, lockout/tagout, machine operator, metal lathe, misjudgement, misjudg

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	1573262.015	73	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Lathe and turning machine operators

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