OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14254577
MAINTENANCE,AMPUTATED,FINGER,WORK RULES,FOOT CONTROL,POINT OF OPERATION,PUNCH PRESS,UNGUARDED,INATTENTION
Event description
Employee's fingers amputated in unguarded punch press
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, the punch press operator, was reaching into the die for a defective /stuck part. when she inadvertently cycled the ram by the foot treadle. The poin t of operation was unguarded and Employee #1 amputated her left index, middle, a nd ring fingers at the second joint.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 38 F
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 706
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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