Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201149242 - Employee Lacerates Hand on Rotary Cutting Bit

Accident Summary Nr: 201149242 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 06/04/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309299220	08/31/2007	3492	332912	Hydraflow

Abstract: On June 06, 2007, Employee #1, a machine operator, was operating a Bridgeport Vertical Mill Serial Number J-158698. An air nozzle is located approximately 6-in. to 8-in. from the cutting bit which blows the milled shavings into a vacuum system. It is designed on a movable base which allows position adjustments without exposing the operator to bit rotation hazards. Employee #1 was injured when he decided to manipulate the nozzle into a better position, but, he did not use the movable base or shut the mill off. Instead, Employee #1 reached around the rotating cutting bit and grabbed the nozzle and as he was manipulating the nozzle he lost his grip and the momentum thrust his right hand between the part and rotating cutting bit. Employee #1 sustained an open wound to the posterior of the right hand: second, third, and fourth finger joints. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: ROTATING PARTS, FINGER, MACHINE OPERATOR, MILLING MACHINE, CAUGHT BETWEEN, LACERATION, LOST CONTROL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	309299220			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c.

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