Machinist Dies After Being Struck by Rotating Steel Bar Stock in Lathe in Washington State

Schoonover, Todd; Jalonen, Eric; Rappin, Christina; Clark, Randy

doi:10.26616/NIOSHSFACE10WA001

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Machinist Dies After Being Struck by Rotating Steel Bar Stock in Lathe in Washington State

2012/07/15
By Schoonover, Todd ; Jalonen, Eric ; Rappin, Christina ; ...
Series: Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)

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Schoonover, Todd ; Jalonen, Eric ; Rappin, Christina ; Clark, Randy

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Washington (State). Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (WA FACE) ; Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries ; Washington (State). Safety and Health Assessment and Research for Prevention

Washington (State). Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (WA FACE) ; Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries ; Washington (State). Safety and Health Assessment and Research for Prevention Less -
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On January 29, 2010, a 27-year-old machinist was fatally injured when he was struck by a piece of round stainless steel bar stock that he was machining in a computer numerical control (CNC) lathe. According to the general manager, the victim was machining washers from the round bar stock for a gill net reel frame. He had placed a 6 foot piece of the bar stock into HAAS TL-3W model lathe. Approximately 3 feet of the steel bar stock extended past the spindle and out of the lathe and was unsupported. As the victim was machining the round bar stock, the 3 foot unsupported portion extending through the spindle bent to nearly an 80 degree angle. The general manager speculates that the victim heard the noise generated by the rapidly rotating round bar stock and went to investigate the source. As the victim approached the source of the noise coming from the back of the machine, he was struck by the bent piece of round bar stock. The general manager and a contractor heard a crash sound in the vicinity of the lathe and upon responding, found the victim unconscious. To prevent similar incidences the Washington State Fatality and Control Evaluation Team (FACE) recommends that: 1. Employers should ensure that machinery hazards are abated with engineering controls. 2. Employers should develop and enforce machine and hazard specific safety policies and procedures that address and abate hazards. 3. Employers should develop a mandatory checklist for each set-up procedure to ensure that all steps are properly completed before machines are started. Designers and manufacturers of CNC lathes should: 1. Design CNC lathes with multiple safety systems including interlocks and fail safes.
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Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
Keywords:

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Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Accidents Engineering-controls Humans Injuries Injury-prevention Machine-operation Machine-operators Machine-shop-workers Machine-tools Machinists Men OSHA Region 10 Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-practices Training Traumatic-injuries Work-areas Workers
FACE - NIOSH and State:

All (0000) ; Machine (All) (0011) ; Machine Manufacturing (0012) ; Prevention through Design (PtD) (0025)

All (0000) ; Machine (All) (0011) ; Machine Manufacturing (0012) ; Prevention through Design (PtD) (0025) Less -
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Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
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State
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE10WA001
Publisher:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Document Type:

Text
Funding:

Cooperative Agreement
Genre:

Field Study
Place as Subject:

Washington ; OSHA Region 10

Washington ; OSHA Region 10 Less -
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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Topic:

Workplace Safety & Health
Location:

North America
Pages in Document:

1-21
NIOSHTIC Number:

20045921
NTIS Accession Number:

PB2015-104114
Citation:

Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 10WA001, 2012 Jul; :1-21
Federal Fiscal Year:

2012
Performing Organization:

Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
Peer Reviewed:

False
NAICS and SIC Codes:

31-33 - Manufacturing - (NAICS 2022)
Start Date:

2005/07/01
End Date:

2021/06/30
Resource Number:

FACE-10WA001
Collection(s):

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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