Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201156916 - Machine operator's finger amputated in lathe

Accident Summary Nr: 201156916 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 03/05/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125964288	03/22/2002	3462	0	Forged Metals, Inc.

Abstract: At about 9:40 a.m. on March 5, 2002, Employee #1, a machine operator, was making a horizontal cut into a part on a vertical lathe. When he attempted to remove a long, curly metal chip with a small piece of a used blade in his left gloved hand, his left index finger became caught between the lathe's revolving chuck jaw and its cutting blade. He was hospitalized with an amputated finger.

Keywords: LATHE, AMPUTATED, FINGER, GLOVE, MACHINIST, CAUGHT BETWEEN, BLADE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125964288			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.

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