OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14297402
ACME PAD CORPORATION
BALTIMORE, MD·
Event description
Employee's hands amputated in power press
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was attempting to adjust a hydraulic power press when it activated, catching both of her hands in the point of operation and amputating them. The po int of operation was provided with a barrier guard. It had been adjusted, howeve r, to a height that allowed the operator to reach under the guard and have her h ands in the point of operation when the machine cycled.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 34 F
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 706
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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