OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14262596
DIE,POWER PRESS,WORK RULES,POINT OF OPERATION,PRESS,UNGUARDED
Event description
EMPLOYEE INJURED BY POWER PRESS
Investigation abstract
AT 1:30 PM ON DECEMBER 12, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1, A COIN PRESS OPERATOR, WAS OPERATI R MORE FINGERS) NG A VERSON 400 TON PARTIAL REVOLUTION MECHANICAL POWER PRESS. SHE WAS RUNNING T HE PRESS TO COIN LONG WALL DRILL BITS. THE PRESS WAS SET UP WITH FLAT DIES USED TO FLATTEN THE APPROXIMATELY 5 POUND PART. THE PRESS WAS BEING OPERATED USING A FOOT TREADLE WHICH HAD BEEN BLOCKED IN THE DOWN POSITION SO THE PRESS WOULD RUN CONTINUOUSLY. THE PART WAS FED INTO THE PRESS BY HAND. NO POINT OF OPERATION PRO TECTION WAS PROVIDED. THE DIE OPENING WAS 3 1/4 INCHES WITH THE RAM LOCATED AT T HE TOP. THE WAS APPROXIMATELY I INCH BETWEEN THE TOP AND BOTTOM DIE WHEN THE RAM WAS COMPLETELY DOWN. (SUSEQUENT PAGES MISSING-EMPLOYEE SUFFERED INJURY TO ONE O
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 34 F
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 713
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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