Accident Report Detail
Accident: 108512.015 - Employee'S Arm Is Fractured By Laser Table
Accident: 108512.015 -- Report ID: 0524530 -- Event Date: 08/15/2018 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1341010.015 | 08/23/2018 | Kmk Metal Fabricators, Inc | |||||
At 2:09 p.m. on August 15, 2018, Employee #1 working alone inside of metal fabri cation facility, cutting parts with a Trumpf LC3030 Laser Cutting table, Serial Number A0220A1802. The employee began cleaning metal dust from the lower sectio n, in between two material tables. As he stuck his left arm between the two tab les, the machine cycled, moving the two tables, and causing his arm to become ca ught. The electronic sensor barrier system around the loading table had been byp assed, allowing the machine to cycle with the employee inside the barrier area. Employee #1 sustained a fractured left arm. He was transported by ambulance to a local hospital and hospitalized overnight. | |||||||
Keywords:
arm, caught between, cleaning, fracture, laser, lockout
| |||||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 1341010.015 | 44 | M | Hospitalized injury | Machine operators, not specified |