OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1001270

FRACTURE,LATHE,STRUCK BY,FLYING OBJECT,DOOR,HIP

1986-04-11T16:45:00

Event: FRACTURE,LATHE,STRUCK BY,FLYING OBJECT,DOOR,HIP
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 1001270
Report ID: 751910

Event description

EMPLOYEE STRUCK BY PART FROM TURRET LATHE, HIP FRACTURED

Investigation abstract

AT ABOUT 4:45 PM ON APRIL 11, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A GIDDINGS AND LEW IS TAPE-OPERATED TURRET LATHE. THE LATHE HAD BEEN SET UP AND TWO CUTS HAD BEEN M ADE IN THE WORK PIECE. AS HE WAS ABOUT TO MAKE A THIRD CUT, USING THE SAME TOOL, THE MACHINE APPARENTLY MALFUNCTIONED AND BURIED THE TURRET INTO THE WORK PIECE. THIS DISLODGED THE TURRET HEAD FROM THE MOUNTING PLATE INTO THE LATHE'S DOOR. T HE DOOR, IN TURN, STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE HIP. HE SUFFERED A BROKEN HIP.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 44 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
14

Event type
1

Source
26

Occupation code
708

Human factor
14

Environmental factor
5

Task assigned
1

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