OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14256911
AMPUTATED,POWER PRESS,FOOT CONTROL,SWEEPER ARM,THUMB,TWO-HAND CONTROL,POINT OF OPERATION,PUNCH PRESS,PRESS,RAM
Event description
EMPLOYEE'S THUMB PARTIALLY AMPUTATED BY PUNCH PRESS
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A TOLEDO MECHANICAL POWER PRESS (A FULL REVOLUTION PUN . WHEN THE PRESS WAS PLACED BACK IN SERVICE THE DAY BEFORE THE ACCIDENT, THE SWE EPER ARM DEVICE WAS REMOVED TO ALLOW FOR INSERTION OF THE STAMPING DIE. NEITHER OF THESE DEVICES WERE REPLACED WHEN THE DIE WAS INSTALLED. THERE WAS ONLY A FOOT PEDAL, WITH GUARD, PLACED ON THE MACHINE TO ACTIVATE IT. EMPLOYEE #1 HAD APPROX IMATELY 15 YEARS EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH VARIOUS PUNCH PRESSES SIMILAR TO THE ON E INVOLVED IN THIS ACCIDENT. ON THE FIRST DAY THIS MACHINE WAS PLACED IN OPERATI ON, AT APPROXIMATELY 2 PM, THE RAM CLOSED WHILE EMPLOYEE #1'S HAND WAS PARTIALLY IN THE POINT OF OPERATION. THE TIP OF HER RIGHT THUMB WAS AMPUTATED. CH PRESS), ASSET NUMBER 1944. THE PRESS WAS LOCATED NEAR THE SOUTH WALL OF THE A SSEMBLY AREA, WHICH IS NEAR THE CENTER OF THE PLANT. AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT THE PRESS WAS BEING USED TO IMPRINT THE PART NUMBER AND COMPANY IDENTIFICATION ON ONE-INCH DIAMETER BRASS PARTS. THE PRESS WAS OPERATING IN THE SINGLE-STROKE M ODE, TO BE ACTIVATED BY A FOOT PEDAL. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS USING HER RIGHT HAND TO PL ACE THE PARTS IN THE IMPACT AREA AND USING HER LEFT HAND TO REMOVE THEM. THE MAC HINE IN QUESTION HAD BEEN OUT OF SERVICE FOR ABOUT 2 YEARS. DURING THIS TIME, TH E TWO-HAND TRIP DEVICES HAD BEEN REMOVED FOR USE ELSEWHERE AND WERE NOT REPLACED
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 39 F
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 706
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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