OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14297279
STATE USE INDUSTRIES
JESSUP, MD·
Event description
Employee's thumb and fingers amputated in punch press
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a punch press operator, was sitting in a chair in front of the mach ine. When he leaned over to pick up some material with his right hand he allowed his left hand to move into the die area. Employee #1's right foot was on the fo ot pedal, causing the machine to cycle. The first three digits and thumb of his left hand were amputated. The guard had been removed from the machine's point of operation.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 46 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 706
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 2
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