Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170181093 - Employee's finger amputated by idle cutting tool

Accident Summary Nr: 170181093 -- Report ID: 0950634 -- Event Date: 01/14/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
112065032	01/16/1992	3728	0	Lefiell Manufacturing Co.

Abstract: At approximately 9:35 a.m. on January 14, 1992, Employee #1 secured a partially manufactured part on a three-jaw chuck on a turret lathe. The previously used cutting tool was lying idle nearby, close to the secured part. When the lathe was turned on, the part on line 2 was rotating at approximately 355 rpm. Employee #1 then took a file and applied it to the rotating part to deburr it. His right hand slipped off and hit the idle cutting tool. Half the distal phalanx of his right index finger was amputated. A serious violation of T8CCR 4186(a) was found and cited. A wall-to-wall inspection found several nonaccident-related general and serious violations, all of which were cited.

Keywords: LATHE, AMPUTATED, FINGER, WORK RULES, SLIP, STRUCK AGAINST

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	112065032			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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