OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14224554
DIE,FRACTURE,POWER PRESS,FINGER,WORK RULES,FOOT CONTROL,LACERATION,POINT OF OPERATION
Event description
FINGER CRUSHED IN POWER PRESS
Investigation abstract
ON OCTOBER 14, 1985, AT 11:45 AM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A 15 TON BLISS FULL REVOLUTION POWER PRESS. SHE WAS ASSEMBLING LATCHES ONTO METAL TOOL BOXES. THE PR ESS WAS WAS EQUIPPED WITH A "B" GATE GUARDING DEVICE. HER RIGHT FOOT WAS OPERATI NG THE FOOT CONTROL. SHE REACHED IN TO STRAIGHTEN A LATCH WHICH WAS MISALIGNED W ITH A TOOL BOX. THE PRESS TRIPPED AND THE "B" TYPE GATE DESCENDED, CLAMPING HER HAND IN THE DIE AREA. THE DIE CAME DOWN AND CRUSHED THE MIDDLE FINGER ON HER RIG HT HAND. THE FINGER WAS LACERATED AND BROKEN. SHE VIOLATED COMPANY WRITTEN POLIC Y WHEN SHE REACHED INTO THE DIE AREA.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 25 F
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 706
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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