OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14459366
BETHLEHEM STEEL PLANT
SPARROWS POINT, MD·
Event description
MACHINIST INJURED WHEN PULLED INTO OPERATING LATHE
Investigation abstract
ON OCTOBER 21, 1985, AT 8:55 AM, EMPLOYEE #1, WHO WAS WEARING A LOOSE SWEATER BE BED EMPLOYEE #1 AROUND THE WAIST AND PULLED HIM AWAY FROM THE LATHE. EMPLOYEE #1 RECEIVED A BROKEN SHOULDER BLADE, THREE CRACKED RIBS AND A GASH IN THE CHIN. TH E LATHE STOP BUTTON WAS LOCATED IN THE STANDING SPACE, 17 1/2 INCHES ABOVE THE F LOOR. THE RIGHT HAND STOP LEVER WAS 29 INCHES AWAY, 20 1/2 INCHES FROM THE FLOOR . THE LEFT HAND STOP LEVER WAS 36 INCHES AWAY, 24 INCHES FROM THE FLOOR. CAUSE OF CHILLY WEATHER, WAS USING A 14 INCH FLAT FILE TO REMOVE BURRS FROM AN E IGHT INCH DIAMETER, SEVEN INCH WIDE, FIVE GROOVE SHEAVE. THE SHEAVE WAS ROTATING AT 54 RPM IN A REED-PRENTICE 20 INCH SLIDING GEAR HEAD LATHE (SER. #44928). THE SHEAVE WAS 43 INCHES ABOVE THE FLOOR AND 12 INCHES FROM THE STANDING SPACE. A F OUR INCH "C" CLAMP SECURED THE DOG WHICH HELD THE SHEAVE. THE "C" CLAMP HANDLE W AS TAPED TO THE DOG TO PREVENT MOVEMENT OF THE HANDLE. THE HANDLE PROJECTED 3/8 INCH BEYOND THE CHUCK. AS THE SHEAVE ROTATED, THE "C" CLAMP HANDLE CAUGHT IN THE POCKET OF EMPLOYEE #1'S SWEATER AND PULLED HIM INTO THE LATHE. THE FOREMAN GRAB
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 21
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 637
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 17
- Task assigned
- 1
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