Federal-Mogul Corporation
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — BOAZ, ALABAMA
| Employer | Federal-Mogul Corporation | Report ID | 2016010923 |
| Address | 300 WAGNER Drive | City, State ZIP | BOAZ, ALABAMA 35957 |
| Event Date | January 30, 2016 | Outcome | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Nature of Injury | Amputations | Body Part | Fingertip(s) |
| Event Type | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Source of Injury | Metalworking lathes |
| Industry (NAICS) | 336370 | Inspection # | 1122819 |
| GPS Coordinates | 34.22000, -86.17000 | ||
Incident Narrative
An employee was removing chuck from a lathe machine. When he operated the machine hydraulics by stepping on the foot pedal, the chuck did not dislodge completely. As he was troubleshooting the problem on the chuck, the machine was activated by the foot pedal. This caused the chuck to move back inside the machine, amputating is right-hand middle and ring fingertips.
Incident Summary
On January 30, 2016, a worker at Federal-Mogul Corporation in BOAZ, ALABAMA suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with metalworking lathes identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.
Context
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