OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14223580
MAINTENANCE,AMPUTATED,POWER PRESS,FINGER,POINT OF OPERATION,PRESS
Event description
FINGERS AMPUTATED BY POWER PRESS
Investigation abstract
ON AUGUST 8, 1984, AT 1:18 PM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CHECKING AND REMOVING A STUCK PAR T IN THE UPPER DIE OF A FEDERAL PORT REVOLUTION MECHANICAL POWER PRESS, SERIAL N UMBER 10-359, COMPANY NUMBER 31. HE WAS TRYING TO DETERMINE WHY THE PARTS WERE S TICKING. HE WAS REACHING INTO THE POINT OF OPERATION, REMOVING THE PART, AND HAV ING THE OPERATOR TRIP THE PRESS. THIS PROCEDURE WAS REPEATED SEVERAL TIMES. THE LAST TIME, AS HE HAD HIS FINGERS IN THE DIE TO REMOVE THE STUCK PART, THE PRESS TRIPPED AND THE DIE CLOSED ON HIS MIDDLE AND INDEX FINGERS OF HIS LEFT HAND, COM PLETELY AMPUTATING THEM. HE WAS HOSPITALIZED AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 44 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 633
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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