Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201345980 - Employee's Foot Is Crushed in Drill Line Machine

Accident Summary Nr: 201345980 -- Report ID: 0729700 -- Event Date: 01/19/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
316036433	01/26/2012	3499	332999	Pkm Steel Service, Inc.

Abstract: On January 19, 2012, Employee #1 was cleaning the shavings from the output side of a Penninghaus BDL 1250/3A Drill Line CNC Machine. The conveyor that would remove the chips and shavings out of the machine was not operational. The employee removed the shavings and chips manually. While the machine was operating via the computer controls, Employee #1 went to the output side of the machine that was drilling holes in an 8 in. x 8 in. x 30 ft. piece of angle iron. The employee was standing with one foot on the output rollers of the CNC machine. When it finished the last hole to be drilled the CNC machine automatically moved the angle iron toward the output side of the machine. Employee #1's foot was crushed. The employee was taken to an area hospital. where her foot was amputated. Employee #1 remained hospitalized.

Keywords: METAL RAIL, AMPUTATED, DRILL OPERATOR, DRILLING MACHINE, CLEANING, CRUSHED, FOOT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	316036433			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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