OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14215263
LA-Z-BOY EAST
FLORENCE, SC·
Event description
FINGERS AMPUTATED IN POWER PRESS
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A 45 TON, FULL REVOLUTION, ROLLING KEY CLUTCH POWER PR ESS, SERIAL NUMBER H-58031, COMPANY #94. HE WAS MAKING A PART CALLED "1088"S. TH E MACHINE WAS EQUIPPED WITH OPERABLE PULL BACK DEVICES. SOMEHOW EMPLOYEE #1 HAD HIS HAND IN THE POINT OF OPERATION, AND THE PULL BACKS DIDN'T WORK. HE SUFFERED PARTIAL AMPUTATIONS OF THE MIDDLE AND INDEX FINGERS. ALL PARTIES AGREED THAT EMP LOYEE #1 WAS WEARING THE PULL BACKS, WHICH HAD BEEN ADJUSTED AND INSPECTED WHEN EMPLOYEE #1 FIRST BEGAN TO USE THEM.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 706
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 2
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