Lake Charles, LA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Southside Machine Works, Inc.
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Southside Machine Works, Inc. in 500 Leger Road, Lake Charles, LA 70607 resulted in days away from work. Employee was machinist in machine shops.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Southside Machine Works, Inc.
- Parent company
- Southside Machine Works, Inc.
- Street
- 500 Leger Road
- City
- Lake Charles
- State
- LA
- ZIP
- 70607
- On-site location
- Machine Shop
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 180
Before the incident
Employee was using a manual lathe with grinding wheel to grind shaft
What happened
The grinding wheel ruptured causing pieces to break off. The guard in place blocked most of wheel pieces - a piece of the wheel ricocheted and struck employee in hand
Injury or illness
Cuts lacerations to right hand
Object or substance involved
Grinding wheel
Summary line
Grinding wheel ruptured causing injury to hand
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Machinist
- SOC code
- 51-4041: Machinists
- NAICS code
- 332710: Machine shops
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 96
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 208,712
- EIN
- 720919504
- Establishment ID
- 170053
- Employer case #
- 2
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 04:00
- Time of incident
- 05:41
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-01
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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