Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201075975 - Machinist's Finger Is Amputated by Lathe

Accident Summary Nr: 201075975 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 10/15/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312684616	10/27/2010	3523	333111	Wymore Industries, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 6:25 a.m. on October 15, 2012, Employee #1, a machinist with a metal tooling shop, was polishing an 8-in.-long cold steel rod. To do this, he inserted the rod into a lathe and used a 25-in.-long piece of 60 grit emery paper, holding on to the ends of the paper while the lathe turned. Employee #1 was wearing calfskin leather gloves. As he ran the emery paper back and forth along the spinning rod, either his right hand came too close to the pinch point between the paper and the rod, or his right glove became caught on the keyway. Employee #1's right hand was pulled into the rod. He was hospitalized at El Centro Regional Medical Center for a partially amputated right small finger.

Keywords: LATHE, METAL BAR, ROTATING PARTS, AMPUTATED, STEEL, FINGER, GLOVE, MACHINE OPERATOR, CAUGHT BY

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	312684616			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Machinists

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