OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14449599
AMPUTATED,POWER PRESS,FINGER,WORK RULES,POINT OF OPERATION,PRESS OPERATOR,UNGUARDED
Event description
Employee injures fingers in power press
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was operating a full revolution power press without point of operati on guarding. He would hold the piece being offset with his right hand, activate the press with an electric foot trip, and then use his left hand to retrieve the next part to be stamped. It appears that the employee stamped a part and was re moving it when he inadvertently tripped the press again. All four fingers of his right hand were amputated. The little and ring fingers were amputated at the se cond knuckle; the ends of the middle and index fingers were reattached.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 18 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 706
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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