OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14499016

CLOTHING,FRACTURE,MAINTENANCE,GLOVE,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BY,LOCKOUT,DRILL PRESS,ARM

1990-03-29T00:00:00

Event: CLOTHING,FRACTURE,MAINTENANCE,GLOVE,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BY,LOCKOUT,DRILL PRESS,ARM
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14499016
Report ID: 626600

Event description

Employee 's arm broken while changing drill bits

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was changing a 5/8 in. drill bit when he accidentally energized the tone fan radial arm drill press. His gloved hand apparently became caught in the drill press chuck, the chuck key, or the drill bit, and he suffered a fractured left arm.

Victims (2)

#1 Fatality Age 43 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
17

Event type
2

Source
26

Occupation code
783

Human factor
13

Environmental factor
1

Task assigned
1
#981 Degree 0 Age 0

Nature of injury
0

Part of body
0

Event type
0

Source
0

Occupation code
0

Human factor
0

Environmental factor
0

Task assigned
0

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