OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14463947
POWER PRESS,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BETWEEN,POINT OF OPERATION,STRUCK BY,ARM,PRESS OPERATOR,RAM
Event description
Employee's arm injured when caught in power press
Investigation abstract
At about 7:35 p.m. on February 3, 1987, Employee #1 was feeding coiled steel int o the material guides on the lower die of a Niagara 150-ton part-revolution mech anical power press, serial #38773. He had removed the front barrier guard and ha d his right arm between the left front die guidepost and the upper die when the ram descended. It pinched his right arm between the guidepost and the upper die, removing a section of his arm between the wrist and the elbow. Employee #1 was hospitalized overnight.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 52 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 17
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 706
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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