Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 202454708 - Employee Amputates Fingers While Operating Lathe
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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310491857 | 06/16/2008 | 3599 | 332710 | Wood Group Generator Services Dba Vernon Machine |
Abstract: On June 5, 2008, Employee #1 had completed set up on the lathe (Betts Company, Serial Number of 3411-05956, and shop Number 119) and had started to turn a large compressor housing measuring 7 ft by 40 in. by 62 in. high. The lathe operates by a mounted boring bar that holds the tooling on the part being worked. The stock revolves by being mounted on a turning table that serves as the chuck on the floor measuring 15 ft in diameter. At some point Employee #1 moved to adjust the water coolant nozzles and stood on the revolving platform, which was moving slowly, at approximately 10 RPM when he somehow became caught in a pinch point between the boring arm assembly and the compressor housing. Employee #1 sustained the amputation of his small, ring and mid fingers and part of his left hand and was hospitalized.
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 310491857 | Hospitalized injury | Amputation | Machinists |