OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221429756
BIMBA LLC DBA IMI PRECISION
UNIVERSITY PARK, IL·
Event description
Employee amputates finger using lathe
Investigation abstract
At 11:49 a.m. on January 13, 2022, Employee #1, a machinist, was setting up by putting an extension/tube on a small bore lathe asset #10252 in the JIT department. The employee opened the machine door while the machine was still powered-on, and the machine continued to run. Employee #1's glove was pulled into the spinning tube. Employee #1 was transported to St. James Olympia Fields Hospital and was hospitalized to treat an amputation to the left index finger.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 67 M
- Event type
- 2
- Occupation code
- 637
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