OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14223812

MODERN MACHINE & STAMPING

ELKHART, IN· 1986-12-24T11:00:00

Event: PULL BACK DEVICE, DIE, AMPUTATED, FINGER, POINT OF OPERATION, PUNCH PRESS, HAND, PRESS, UNGUARDED
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #101965051
Employer profile: MODERN MACHINE & STAMPING
Summary number: 14223812
Report ID: 551800

Event description

EMPLOYEE'S FINGERS AMPUTATED ON PUNCH PRESS

Investigation abstract

AT APPROXIMATELY 11 AM ON DECEMBER 24, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A JOHNSON 55 TON FULL REVOLUTION PUNCH PRESS. THE EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING A PART FROM THE DIE AREA WITH HIS LEFT HAND WHEN THE PRESS CYCLED, AMPUTATING 4 FINGERS AND ABOUT HALF OF HIS HAND. THE EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING PULL BACKS, BUT TH E PULL BACKS HAD NOT BEEN PROPERLY ADJUSTED. THE PRESS ALSO DID NOT HAVE A SINGL E STROKE MECHANISM.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 20 M

Nature of injury
1

Part of body
12

Event type
2

Source
26

Occupation code
706

Human factor
9

Environmental factor
3

Task assigned
1

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