OSHA Injury Report: Western Kentucky University-Bowling Green

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Working on installing new lock griding tail piece.

What happened

Employee was changing out a lock when he realized the locking components were different and needed to be modified. Knowing the correct sized piece was not in inventory employee attempted to modify the piece so it would fit. Attempting to file down the piece in order to shorten wasn 't working as he did not have an aggressive enough metal file. Being next to the machine shop employee elected to utilize the shops grinding wheel to file down the metal pin. Employee had clamped the tail piece with a pair of needle nose channel locks. While holding the piece of metal with the channel locks against the wheel he began grinding away the excess metal. While almost complete the grinding wheel suddenly grabbed causing the piece of metal he was holding to spin striking employees finger.

Injury or illness

Laceration requiring stitches.

Object or substance involved

stationary grinding wheel.

Summary line

Laceration requiring stitches to right pinky finger from using grinding wheel to modify a lock mechanism.

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.