OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1001312
WEBSTER CITY PRODUCTS COMPANY
WEBSTER CITY, IA·
Event description
Employee amputates fingertip in unguarded riveter opening
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was cleaning oil from the shaft of a Delta 10K riveter (Model No. DD 17-Striel #8809) when the machine cycled. She had been standing in front of the machine and had reached around the back side, but she did not remember if she s tepped on the foot trip. Employee #1's fingertip was amputated in a 0.625-in.-wi de by 1.75-in.-long opening. (A plastic guard covering the opening was installed approximately 5 working days after the accident.)
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 30 F
- 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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