Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201494861 - Employee Sustains Multiple Arm Fractures from Entanglement

Accident Summary Nr: 201494861 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 10/13/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315068122	01/12/2011	3561	333911	Soults Pump & Equipment Co., Inc.

Abstract: On October 13, 2010, Employee #1, a machinist, was operating a horizontal metal lath (Andry Chow Model TUG-40; Serial Number 1190-7432). He was dressing a section of a turbine pump steel pipe with a 42-inch by 1-inch strip of emery cloth looped over the material that was turning at approximately 300 rpm. Employee #1 was using a back and forth motion to cause even wear with the emery cloth. His gloved right hand came into contact with the material and became entangled around it, resulting in multiple fractures to the bones of his right arm. He was hospitalized for treatment.

Keywords: FRACTURE, LATHE, PPE, GLOVE, MACHINIST, MACHINE OPERATOR, CAUGHT BY, PIPE, ARM, ENTANGLED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	315068122			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Lathe and turning machine operators

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