OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14257638
BISHOP MFG INC
CHARLOTTE, NC·
Event description
FINGERTIP AMPUTATED IN MECHANICAL POWER PRESS
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A MINSTER 45 TON OBI MECHANICAL POWER PRESS WITH FULL IGHT HAND. REVOLUTION CLUTCH. THE PRESS WAS ACTUATED BY A FOOT TREADLE AND WAS EQUIPPED WIT H A RESTRAINING DEVICE FOR THE POINT OF OPERATION. EACH PIECE WAS HELD IN POSITI ON WITH THE FINGERS AGAINST THE FRONT OF THE DIE. QUARTER INCH HOLES WERE BEING CUT IN THE ENDS OF "C" SHAPED PIECES, ONE END AT A TIME. A PIECE BECAME CAUGHT I N THE UPPER PART OF THE DIE AND WAS LIFTED UPWARD UPON COMPLETION OF THE STROKE. EMPLOYEE #1'S FINGER SLIPPED INTO A 1 1/2 INCH HOLE IN THE PIECE CROSS SECTION AND WAS CAUGHT IN THE PINCH POINT BETWEEN THE PIECE AND THE BOTTOM OF THE DIE BA SE. EMPLOYEE #1 SUFFERED AN AMPUTATION OF THE TIP OF ONE OF HIS FINGERS ON HIS R
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 706
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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