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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14223655

DIE,AMPUTATED,PRESS BRAKE,FINGER,PRESS,UNGUARDED

Event
DIE,AMPUTATED,PRESS BRAKE,FINGER,PRESS,UNGUARDED
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14223655
Report ID
551800

Event description

FINGERS AMPUTATED IN DIE OF PRESS BRAKE

Investigation abstract

ON AUGUST 6, 1985, AT 5:30 PM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STANDING WEST OF A WYSONG PRESS B RAKE AND ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF A LOADING TABLE USED TO CRIMP SEAMS IN METAL MOBIL E HOME ROOF PANELS. HE USED A FOOT PEDAL TO ADVANCE THE ROOF PANELS. HE WOULD HO LD THEM WITH HIS HANDS TO GUIDE THEM INTO PLACE UNDER THE DIE. THE PRESS BRAKE M ALFUNCTIONED AND CYCLED, AMPUTATING HIS LITTLE AND RING FINGERS AT THE DIP JOINT . THE ROOFING MATERIAL CAUGHT HIS FINGERS AND PULLED THEM UNDER THE DIE.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 20 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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