OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14256960
DIE,AMPUTATED,FINGER,GUARD,FOOT CONTROL,POINT OF OPERATION,PUNCH PRESS,PRESS
Event description
EMPLOYEE'S FINGER AMPUTATED BY PUNCH PRESS
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A FEDERAL FULL-REVOLUTION CLUTCH PUNCH PRESS. THE PUNC H PRESS DID NOT HAVE A POINT OF OPERATION GUARD. WHILE HIS FINGER WAS UNDERNEATH THE DIE, EMPLOYEE #1 ACCIDENTLY TAPPED THE FOOT PEDAL. THE PRESS CYCLED AND AMP UTATED A PART OF ONE OF HIS FINGERS.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 41 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 706
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 1
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