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Accident Summary Nr: 202088522 - Employee Is Struck by Flying Part and Is Killed

Accident Summary Nr: 202088522 -- Report ID: 0524700 -- Event Date: 03/20/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311602510	03/20/2008	3549	333518	Jerl Machine Inc.

Abstract: On March 20, 2008, Employee #1, a machine operator, was initializing a Toyoda 800 mm Horizontal Machining Center CNC machine. The CNC machine was 24 ft long and 14 ft wide with a door entrance of 45 in. wide and 93 in. high. He was standing in the machine's entranceway with the door opened, while a boring bit rated for 270 rpm in the spindle was warming up to a speed of 2500 RPM. As the boring bit rotated, it separated from the spindle and flew out the door, striking and killing Employee #1.

Keywords: MACHINE OPERATOR, SPINDLE, STRUCK BY, BORING MACHINE, FLYING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	311602510			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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