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OSHA Injury Report: Southside Machine Works, Inc.

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Southside Machine Works, Inc. in Lake Charles, LA 70607 resulted in days away from work. Employee was machinist in machine shops.

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
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
180

Employee was using a manual lathe with grinding wheel to grind shaft

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

Cuts lacerations to right hand

Grinding wheel

Grinding wheel ruptured causing injury to hand

Job description
Machinist
SOC code
51-4041 — Machinists
NAICS code
332710 — Machine shops
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
96
Total hours worked
208712
EIN
720919504
Establishment ID
170053
Employer case #
2
Date of incident
Shift started
4:00:00.000
Time of incident
5:41:00.000
Submitted
01FEB24:17:49:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.