Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201390226 - Employee Killed When Struck By Piece Of Drill Press

Accident Summary Nr: 201390226 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 07/19/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
127246379	07/19/2001	3544	0	Buehrle Engineering Inc

Abstract: An employee was operating a drill press using a honing device. The employee did not have training in the proper speed of the device and was operating at a speed which caused the device to fly apart. A piece of the honing device flew across the shop hitting Employee #1 in the chest. Employee #1 went into cardiac arrest and died at a hospital.

Keywords: cardiac arrest, drill press, struck by, flying object, untrained

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	127246379			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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