OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14401905
AMPUTATED,LOCKOUT,POINT OF OPERATION,PLASTIC MFG,FORMING MACHINE,HAND,UNGUARDED,RAM
Event description
Employee dies after hand amputated by press ram
Investigation abstract
On January 26, 1990, Employee #1 reached into the ram of a plastic forming press and his right hand was amputated. He died on February 7, 1990.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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