Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14444624

GENERAL PRODUCTS CO. INC.

Event
AMPUTATED, FINGER, WORK RULES, FOOT CONTROL, CAUGHT BETWEEN, POINT OF OPERATION, FOOT-POWERED PRESS, PRESS OPERATOR, PUNCH PRESS, UNGUARDED
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Planned
Activity number
#3303633
Employer profile
GENERAL PRODUCTS CO. INC.
Summary number
14444624
Report ID
355111

Event description

Employee's fingers caught in punch press

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was using a full-revolution punch press equipped with a foot trip. A s he tried to shake a blank loose from the press, he shifted his weight on the f oot control. The press cycled while his hand was between the dies, amputating pa rts of three fingers. The press had no point-of-operation guarding.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 20 M

    Nature of injury
    1
    Part of body
    10
    Event type
    2
    Source
    26
    Occupation code
    706
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    4
    Task assigned
    1

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