Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 162789.015 - Employee dies after skull is crushed when pulled into lathe

Accident Summary Nr: 162789.015 -- Report ID: 0653510 -- Event Date: 12/27/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1718709.015	12/29/2023		333992	Samson Equipment Inc

Abstract: At 9:30 a.m. on December 27, 2023, an employee working as a machine operator for a welding and soldering equipment manufacturer was spinning raw metal on a lathe during sanding. The employee caught his gloves and welders' jacket in the lathe and was pulled into the machine. The employee was killed when his skull was crushed by the unguarded lathe.

Keywords: Caught By, Clothing, Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Glove, Guard, Inexperience, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Lathe, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Metal, Metal Lathe, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Protective Clothing, Pulled In, Safety Device, Sanding, Spinning, Unguarded, Work Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1718709.015	43	M	Fatality		Misc. metal & plastic processing machine operators

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