OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14250740
HICKORY SPRINGS MFG., INC.
HICKORY, NC·
Event description
Employee's fingers amputated in power press
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was manually feeding parts into a power press when the press repeate d, amputating the distal ends of two fingers on her right hand. The press was eq uipped with two-hand controls in proper working condition, but the malfunction o ccurred out of the operator's control. Employee #1 had been provided with a magn etic tool for placing and picking parts, but she was not using the tool at the t ime of the accident.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 22 F
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 706
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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