OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1001304
GENERAL MACHINE & TOOL COMPANY
WAVERLY, IA·
Event description
FINGERS AMPUTATED BETWEEN RAM AND STOP BAR
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 REACHED INTO THE MACHINE'S POINT OF OPERATION TO GET A PART AS THE R AM WAS ON ITS UPWARD STROKE. HIS FINGERS WERE CAUGHT AND AMPUTATED BETWEEN THE B OTTOM OF THE RAM AND THE METAL STOP BAR. THE STOP BAR WAS ONE INCH THICK, 2 INCH ES WIDE AND 7 INCHES LONG.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 715
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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