OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1001346
JOHN DEERE COMPONENT WORKS
WATERLOO, IA·
Event description
EMPLOYEE'S FINGER AMPUTATED BY MACHINE WITH A BROKEN GUARD
Investigation abstract
AT 7:15 AM ON DECEMBER 16, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WENT TO A METAL SHEAR IN DEPT. 740 TO CUT A SMALL PIECE OF METAL WITH THE SHEAR CUTOFF PRESS. A ROLLER ON THE GUARD IN FRONT OF THE HOLD-DOWN CYLINDERS WAS MISSING, LEAVING A 1 1/2 INCH BY 2 3/4 INCH AREA UNDER THE HOLD-DOWN HYDRAULIC CYLINDERS WHERE EMPLOYEE #1 COULD PLACE HIS FINGERS. THE MACHINE WAS A HTE SHEAR (MODEL 500-80) SERIAL #A6771169. THE BL ADE WAS 3 INCHES BEHIND THE HYDRAULIC HOLD-DOWN. THE MISSING ROLLER HAD BEEN REP LACED BY THE TIME OF THE INVESTIGATION. THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT LITTLE FINGER WAS A MPUTATED AT ITS MIDPOINT. HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER WAS AMPUTATED, LEAVING THE NAIL INTACT.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 43 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 645
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 2
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