OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14250997
AMPUTATED,POWER PRESS,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BY,POINT OF OPERATION,RESTRAINING DEVICE,HAND,RAM
Event description
Employee's hand injured when caught in die trim press
Investigation abstract
On October 15, 1986, Employee #1 was operating a full revolution mechanical powe 's left hand was in the point of operation, palm side up with the ram on it. Thi s witness also stated that when he backed the ram off Employee #1's hand he noti ced that Employee #1 had both cuffs on but that no restraints were hooked to the m. r press (28 T Perkins) when his left hand became caught in the point of operatio n. He was hospitalized until October 24, 1986, during which time one of his fing ers was amputated. Another of his fingers was amputated when he was again hospit alized in December. Employee #1 stated that he had hooked up his restraints befo re using the press. He further stated that he didn't remember putting his hand i nto the machine or what caused the machine to activate. There were no witnesses to the accident, but a setup man working on a press directly behind Employee #1 heard him scream and rushed to assist him. The setup man stated that Employee #1
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 49 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 706
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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