Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201087046 - Employee Sustains Lacerations When Caught by Drill Press

Accident Summary Nr: 201087046 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 10/03/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120215959	03/23/2006	3321	331511	Valley Perforating Co

Abstract: On October 3, 2005, Employee #1 was working at a manufacturing facility for oil drilling operations. Employee #1 was operating a custom-made multihead drill press, drilling holes in pipe stock. He was clearing some chips from the pipe when his shirt sleeve got too close to the rotating drill bit. The bit caught his shirt, pulling him into the drill press and lacerating his left arm and elbow. Employee #1 was taken to Kern Medical Center in Bakersfield, CA, and was hospitalized.

Keywords: ROTATING PARTS, CAUGHT BY, LACERATION, DRILL PRESS, PIPE, ARM, ELBOW

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120215959			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c.

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