OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14255996
N.H.T. SANFORD TOOL CORPORATION
SANFORD, NC·
Event description
POWER PRESS POINT OF OPERATION ACCIDENTS
Investigation abstract
ON JULY 11, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STAMPING WRENCHES IN A POWER PRESS. THE PRESS ILARLY INJURED WHEN A PART WAS NOT INSERTED COMPLETELY INTO THE DIE AND SHATTERE D. SHE WAS STRUCK IN THE UPPER LEFT ARM BY A FLYING PIECE, BUT DID NOT NEED TO B E HOSPITALIZED. AGAIN, THE POINT OF OPERATION WAS NOT PROPERLY GUARDED. DOUBLE TRIPPED, CATCHING THE EMPLOYEE'S HAND IN THE POINT OF OPERATION (THE PULL BACK DEVICE FAILED TO OPERATE). THE MIDDLE FINGER OF HER LEFT HAND WAS CAUGHT I N THE DIE AND SUSTAINED A BONE FRACTURE. THE EMPLOYEE DID NOT REQUIRE HOSPITALIZ ATION. ON AUGUST 26, 1987, EMPLOYEE #2, ALSO A POWER PRESS OPERATOR, WAS INJURED WHEN THE PART SHE WAS WORKING ON WAS NOT INSERTED ALL THE WAY INTO THE DIE AND SHATTERED WHEN PUT UNDER PRESSURE IN THE DIE. A PIECE OF THE PART STRUCK THE EMP LOYEE IN THE ABDOMEN, CAUSING AN INJURY FOR WHICH SHE WAS HOSPITALIZED. THE DIE AREA ON THE PRESS WAS NOT GUARDED PROPERLY. ON JUNE 11, 1987 EMPLOYEE #3 WAS SIM
Victims (3)
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 53 F
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 706
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 25 F
- Nature of injury
- 18
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 706
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 31 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 706
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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