Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201691888 - Employee Is Injured When Pulled Into Machinery

Accident Summary Nr: 201691888 -- Report ID: 0950662 -- Event Date: 03/15/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301279014	04/13/2004	3429	332510	North Star Propeller

Abstract: On March 15, 2004, Employee #1 was machining a round piece of metal, approximately 3-ft in diameter, on a Bullard Cutmaster 54-in. vertical turret lathe. As the part was turning, the tape and the rubber strap around the part came loose, wrapped around Employee #1 and pulled him down. As Employee #1 came down, his body traveled through the machinery between the part being worked on and the back of the machine. Employee #1 sustained a skull fracture, brain injury and a fractured left shoulder. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, LATHE, SHOULDER, CAUGHT BY, SKULL, ENTANGLED, BRAIN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	301279014			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Machinists

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