Lathe & milling accidents
Lathe and milling operations present significant risks that can lead to life-altering injuries if proper safeguards are overlooked in a small shop environment. Prioritizing a culture of machine safety is essential for protecting your team and ensuring that every operator returns home unharmed at the end of their shift.
About 50% of related real accidents concentrate in these types.
Key prevention
- Ensure all rotating machine parts are equipped with functional, interlocked guards that prevent contact during operation.
- Enforce a strict policy prohibiting loose clothing, dangling jewelry, and unsecured long hair near moving spindles.
- Implement a mandatory lockout-tagout procedure to completely de-energize equipment before performing any maintenance or clearing chips.
- Require operators to use specialized brushes or hooks for chip removal rather than using their hands or compressed air.
- Conduct regular hands-on training sessions to ensure every employee understands the specific emergency stop locations and safe operating protocols for each machine.
Related accident cases
슬롯 드릴 로드 비틀림 팔에 헐렁한 옷이 걸렸습니다.
An employee sustained a back injury after being struck by a milling ball during operation. The injury was severe enough to warrant physical therapy.
During assembly work, an employee's two fingers on their right hand were caught in the nip point of two rotating components. The employee sustained finger injuries as a result of this incident.
While cleaning the screen of a slurry mill operating under high pressure, the screen ruptured from the spray actuator using hot liquid. The operator sustained second-degree burns to 60% of their left arm.
EE 흘수선 제거 및 트롤리 라인 롤업.
An employee suffered a fractured forearm during milling operations.
While operating a milling machine, an attached lighting fixture fell from above, striking the employee's safety helmet and causing them to fall. The employee sustained injuries and received work restrictions from a physician.
An employee was operating a roller machine to cut stone pieces and became caught in the rotating parts, resulting in an arm injury. The employee sustained an injury from being caught.