OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #691147

FRACTURE,LATHE,MAINTENANCE,ROTATING PARTS,ARM,ENTANGLED

1986-07-08T00:00:00

Event: FRACTURE,LATHE,MAINTENANCE,ROTATING PARTS,ARM,ENTANGLED
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 691147
Report ID: 854910

Event description

Employee's Arm Caught in Metal Lathe

Investigation abstract

An employee had placed a small steam emission valve into a metal lathe (Jet 1750 engine lathe, Serial No. 71409) and had turned it on. He was polishing the valv e with a hand-held 457-millimeter strip of emery cloth. According to a witness, the employee's sleeve became entangled in the spinning chuck, pulling his arm in to the lathe. He suffered multiple fractures. He was hospitalized for his injuri es. The employee stated that he thought that he had rolled his sleeves up out of the way before turning the machine on. A witness stated that he did not think t hat the employee had rolled his sleeves up.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 45 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
2

Event type
2

Source
26

Occupation code
703

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
2

Task assigned
1

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