OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14223549
DIE,POWER PRESS,FINGER,GUARD,DIE GUARD,LACERATION,POINT OF OPERATION,PRESS
Event description
RIGHT FOREFINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN DIE AND GUARD
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 830 AM ON JULY 27, 1984, EMPLOYEE #1 INCURRED A LACERATED FOREF INGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND WHILE OPERATING A VERTICAL MECHANICAL PRESS. EMPLOYEE #1 DROPPED A SPRING. HE TRIED TO RETRIEVE IT. THE SPRING DROPPED BETWEEN THE LOWER DIE AND THE DIE GUARD. EMPLOYEE #1 STUCK HIS FINGER INTO THE SPACE BETWEEN THE DIE AND THE DIE GUARD WHILE THE DIE WAS STILL DESCENDING. HIS FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE DIE AND GUARD, RESULTING IN A DEEP LACERATION OF THE FINGER. THE ME CHANICAL PRESS NAME WAS NOT KNOWN. THE INVENTORY NUMBER WAS D526. THE PRESS HAD A STATIONARY DIE AT THE TOP. PARTS WERE PLACED ON THE LOWER DIE, AND THE LOWER D IE THEN RAISED TO PRESS THE PARTS.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- 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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