OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14238901
AMPUTATED,FINGER,WORK RULES,CLEANING,LOCKOUT,POINT OF OPERATION,PRESS OPERATOR,PUNCH PRESS
Event description
Employee's fingertip amputated in punch press
Investigation abstract
Employee # 1 was operating/cleaning a punch press. She said that while she was r emoving wax build-up from the die, the press tripped and amputated the tip of he r right index finger.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 53 F
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 779
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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