OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1000413
BALCRANK PRODUCTS
WEAVERVILLE, NC·
Event description
Employee's fingers amputated in power press
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, the operator of a full-revolution mechanical power press, was inser ting and removing small parts from the point of operation by hand. The press was activated by a foot pedal without a single stroke mechanism and had no point of operation guards or devices. Employee #1 had reached into the point of operatio n to remove a part when the press activated and caught her right index and middl e fingers. Her right index fingertip was lacerated and a small portion of her ri ght middle fingertip was amputated.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 22 F
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 706
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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