OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14223663
DIE,POWER PRESS,THUMB,CRUSHED,POINT OF OPERATION,PRESS,UNGUARDED
Event description
THUMB CRUSHED IN POWER PRESS
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 10:10 AM ON AUGUST 16, 1985, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A ROUSEL LE PRESS (SERIAL # 26640), SHAPING REAR SEAT SUPPORT BRACKETS FOR HUMMERS. HE WA S HOLDING THE PART IN PLACE WITH HIS LEFT HAND. HIS LEFT THUMB WAS CAUGHT IN THE DIE AND CRUSHED WHEN HE TRIPPED THE PRESS BY PUSHING ON A GUARDED FOOT PEDAL. T HE DIE WAS UNGUARDED.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 22 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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