Accu-Precision Tool & Gauge Company, LLC

Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. — Cuts, lacerations — LITTLETON, Colorado

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Accu-Precision Tool & Gauge Company, LLC in LITTLETON, Colorado
Employer Accu-Precision Tool & Gauge Company, LLC
Address 2120 W. Chenango Ave.
City, State ZIP LITTLETON, Colorado 80120
Report ID 20171111382
Event Date November 30, 2017
Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Cuts, lacerations
Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
Source of Injury Milling machines
Industry (NAICS) 332710
GPS Coordinates 39.62771, -105.01248

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Incident Narrative

An employee was attempting to remove a tool from a milling machine when the tool arm closed on the tool and pinched his left thumb, lacerating it. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

Incident Summary

On November 30, 2017, a worker at Accu-Precision Tool & Gauge Company, LLC in LITTLETON, Colorado suffered cuts, lacerations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c., with milling machines identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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