Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 96045.015 - Employee amputates finger when hand is pulled into lathe mac

Accident Summary Nr: 96045.015 -- Report ID: 0524530 -- Event Date: 05/24/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1237108.015	06/01/2017		221112	Prairie State Generating Company, Llc

Abstract: At 2:30 p.m. on May 24, 2017, an employee was using a 3M type 314D emory cloth to smooth a steel pin that had been machined by a lathe. The employee was wearing gloves and his right hand was caught by the rotating steel pin on the lathe. This pulled the employee's hand into the rotating part causing the right middle finger and tip of the right index finger to be amputated by the machine.

Keywords: Amputation, Caught In, Finger, Lathe, Machine Guarding

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1237108.015	40	M	Hospitalized injury		Machinists

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