OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1001320
AMPUTATED,PRESS BRAKE,FINGER,WORK RULES,POINT OF OPERATION,FOOT-POWERED PRESS,PRESS OPERATOR,UNGUARDED
Event description
Employee amputates finger in press brake
Investigation abstract
At approximately 8:05 a.m. on December 4, 1986, Employee #1 was making a bend on a piece of 14-gauge metal that was 37 in. wide by 59 in. long. Fifteen other be nds had been made on this piece. As he pushed the material into the press brake, the back side of the piece slipped off the back stop, allowing his right hand t o go into the point of operation. His right index finger was amputated. The equi pment being used was a Cincinnati mechanical press brake #35304 with a rated cap acity of 150 tons at midstroke and 225 tons near the bottom. The distance from t he brake bed to the bottom of the forming blade was approximately 4 in. Employee #1 had used the foot trip to activate the press brake.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 18 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 715
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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