Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1208693.015 - Cone Drive Operations

Inspection Information - Office: Miosha General Industry Safety & Health Division

Inspection Nr: 1208693.015

Report ID: 0552652

Date Opened: 02/15/2017

Site Address:
Cone Drive Operations
240 E 12th St
Traverse City, MI 49684

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 272, Traverse City, MI 49685

Union Status: Union

SIC:

NAICS: 333612/ Speed Changer, Industrial High-Speed Drive, and Gear Manufacturing

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 02/28/2017

Emphasis: N:Amputate

Case Closed: 03/22/2017

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1180240	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 93134.015

Event: 02/02/2017

Employee reaches into a spinning lathe and his thumb is ampu

At 9:00 a.m. on February 2, 2017, Employee #1 was running a manual lathe. The employee was wearing gloves when he reached under the interlocked hood guard to remove nylon chips from a spinning piece of the equipment. His hand was pulled into the cutting tool on the lathe, severing his right thumb.

Keywords: Amputation, Caught In, Glove, Lathe, Machine Guarding, PPE, Thumb

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1208693.015	54	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Machinists

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