Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170198261 - Employee's hand crushed in engine lathe

Accident Summary Nr: 170198261 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 07/18/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111931754	08/13/1991	3561	0	Peabody Floway

Abstract: Employee #1 was using a horizontal engine lathe to premachine a V-F head (a discharge nozzle with a flange). He had lined up the bottom edge of the nozzle and secured it when he accidentally put his left hand in the pinch point. When the nozzle rotated, his hand was crushed.

Keywords: FRACTURE, LATHE, ROTATING PARTS, MACHINIST, WORK RULES, CRUSHED, HAND, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111931754			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Lathe and turning machine operators

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