OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14235832
DIE,AMPUTATED,FINGER,WORK RULES,SET UP,PUNCH PRESS,UNTRAINED,PRESS,RAM
Event description
IMPROPER PROCEDURE IN PUNCH PRESS SET-UP; FINGERS AMPUTATED
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PLACING A NEW DIE IN A PUNCH PRESS. HE HAD THE PRESS IN THE LOCK MODE FOR SETTING UP THE PRESS. WHEN HE FINISHED, HE PLACED THE PRESS IN THE CON TINUOUS, RATHER THAN SINGLE-STROKE, MODE. HE PLACED HIS HAND IN THE DIE AREA AND THE RAM CAME DOWN, AMPUTATING THREE OF HIS FINGERS.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 706
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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