Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 91044.015 - Employee is caught in rotating lathe and killed

Accident Summary Nr: 91044.015 -- Report ID: 0524700 -- Event Date: 12/01/2016
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1194721.015	12/02/2016		332999	Meldrum Mechanical Services, Inc.

Abstract: At 5:00 p.m. on December 1, 2016, an employee was working on the Willis Fanuc CNC lathe in the shop by himself. The employee was working overtime on an auger after all of the other employees left. Video shows that he became caught in the lathe while working on it. The deceased employee was found by a coworker who came back to work to check on him, laying on top of the lathe. The interlocked doors where found to be disabled while onsite. There were no immediate witnesses however video was available, showing only a fraction of what happened.

Keywords: Caught In, Lathe, Machine Guarding

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1194721.015	47	M	Fatality		Machinists

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