OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14455133
HOOF PRODUCTS COMPANY
MAQUOKETA, IA·
Event description
THUMB & FINGERS CAUGHT IN DIE OF FOOT-POWERED PRESS
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS RUNNING A FOOT-POWERED PRESS, ASSEMBLING OIL PUMPS, WHEN SHE PLA CED HER THUMB BETWEEN THE DIE AND THE PART. SHE KICKED THE PRESS, DISLOCATING TH E KNUCKLE ON HER RIGHT THUMB. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS RUNNING THE SAME TYPE OF PRESS, PR ESSING PARTS FOR ASSEMBLY. A PART BECAME STUCK IN THE DIE. AS SHE WAS TRYING TO REMOVE THE STUCK PART, SHE INADVERTENTLY KICKED THE PRESS, SMASHING THREE FINGER S BETWEEN THE DIE AND THE PART.
Victims (2)
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 9
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 785
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 39 F
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 785
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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