OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14250419
MINUTE MAN ANCHORS INC
EAST FLAT ROCK, NC·
Event description
FINGERS AMPUTATATED IN POWER PRESS
Investigation abstract
ON AUGUST 25, 1986, AT APPROXIMATELY 7:30 AM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS HAND FEEDING FOUR INCH METAL DISKS INTO DIES. SHE ACTUATED THE TWO HAND TRIP DEVICE AND THE PRESS CYCLED. THE EMPLOYEE THEN REACHED INTO THE DIE AREA TO REMOVE THE DISK AND THE P RESS RECYCLED. HER HANDS WERE CAUGHT BETWEEN THE DIES. THE TOLEDO PRESS, SERIAL NUMBER 28144, HAD A BAD ELECTRICALLY OPERATED AIR RELAY SWITCH. THE EMPLOYEE LOS T THE INDEX FINGER ON HER RIGHT HAND AND PART OF THE THUMB, INDEX AND MIDDLE FIN GERS ON HER LEFT HAND.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 31 F
- 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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