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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14254577

MAINTENANCE,AMPUTATED,FINGER,WORK RULES,FOOT CONTROL,POINT OF OPERATION,PUNCH PRESS,UNGUARDED,INATTENTION

Event
MAINTENANCE,AMPUTATED,FINGER,WORK RULES,FOOT CONTROL,POINT OF OPERATION,PUNCH PRESS,UNGUARDED,INATTENTION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14254577
Report ID
453710

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

  1. #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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