OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14384010
GENERAL POWER EQUIPMENT CO.
HARVARD, IL·
Event description
Employee's fingertips amputated in mechanical power press
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 operated a mechanical power press without the use of guards or guard ing devices. His fingertips were amputated in the point of operation. Employee # 1 was not trained to recognize the need for safety guards or devices. Also, the setup on the press was not complete. The setup person was trying to locate air b low off and guards. Meanwhile the pouch for the part to be run somehow was taken by mistake and the job was prematurely run by Employee #1.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 54 Male
- Nature of injury
- Amputation (1)
- Part of body
- FINGER(S) (10)
- Accident type
- CAUGHT IN OR BETWEEN (2)
- Source of injury
- MACHINE (26)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- OTHER (18)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.