OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14215198
DIE,POWER PRESS,FINGER,FOOT CONTROL,POINT OF OPERATION,PRESS,UNGUARDED
Event description
FINGERS CAUGHT IN POWER PRESS POINT OF OPERATION
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A 60 TON MINSTER PARTIAL REVOLUTION POWER PRESS, PUNCH PLACE. ING PARTS OUT OF 20 GUAGE METAL PIECES. HE REMOVED A FIXED BARRIER GUARD (13 INC HES BY 13 1/4 INCHES) BY LIFTING THE GUARD OFF ITS FASTENER AND SWINGING IT OPEN TO EXPOSE THE POINT OF OPERATION. HE THEN REMOVED SOME SCRAP METAL, USING HAND TOOLS, AND ADJUSTED THE AIR NOZZLE. HE DROPPED A HAND TOOL INTO THE POINT OF OPE RATION. HE PUT HIS RIGHT HAND INTO THE POINT OF OPERATION AND LEANED FORWARD. HI S FOOT PRESSED THE FOOT PEDAL AND ACTIVATED THE PRESS. HIS LITTLE FINGER WAS AMP UTATED AT THE SECOND KNUCKLE AND THE RING FINGER WAS DISFIGURED. THE ACCIDENT WO ULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED IF THE PRESS HAD BEEN DEACTIVATED OR THE GUARD HAD BEEN IN
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 706
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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