OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14296750
DIE,AMPUTATED,THUMB,POINT OF OPERATION,PRESS,UNGUARDED,INATTENTION
Event description
EMPLOYEE AMPUTATED THUMB IN POWER PRESS
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS THE OPERATOR OF A PEXTO-MODEL 55BH08 POWER PRESS, SERIAL # 35097 HIS MIND WAS ON OTHER JOBS. TRAINING HAD BEEN PROVIDED TO THE EMPLOYEE. THE ACC IDENT WAS CAUSED BY; THE LACK OF A GUARD FOR THE POINT OF OPERATION, INATTENTION AND HASTE ON THE PART OF THE EMPLOYEE. 13396. THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT THUMB WAS AMPUTATED FROM THE TIP TO ABOUT 1/4 INCH B EYOND THE THUMBNAIL. THE PRESS HAS A DIE AREA ABOUT 8 FEET, 2 INCHES LONG. FROM THE FLOOR TO THE TOP OF THE BOTTOM DIE MEASURED ABOT 32 INCHES. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS INSERTING A PIECE OF SHEETMETAL ABOUT 6 INCES LONG AND 6 INCHES WIDE INTO THE DI E TO MAKE A 2 INCH RIGHT ANGLE BEND. WHEN HE LOOKED FOR THE FOOT TREADLE, HIS HA ND ENTERED THE DIE AREA. HE HAD PREVIOUSLY LOWERED THE TOP DIE TO WITHIN 4 INCHE S OF THE BOTTOM DIE. WHEN HE PRESSED THE TREADLE, THE TOP DIE DESCENDED AND AMPU TATED THE TIP OF HIS THUMB. THE EMPLOYEE ADMITTED THAT HE WAS HURRYING, AND THAT
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 18 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 653
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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