OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14463962
DIE,AMPUTATED,POWER PRESS,FINGER,GUARD,POINT OF OPERATION,PRESS,INATTENTION
Event description
FINGER CAUGHT IN POINT OF OPERATION ON POWER PRESS
Investigation abstract
ON JUNE 7,1984, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A BLISS, FULL REVOLUTION, THREE TON ME NCHES BY BY 4 INCHES ON THE LEFT, AND AN OPENING OF 3 TO 5 INCHES BY 3 INCHES ON THE RIGHT SIDE. THE OPERATOR SAID HE WAS DIRECTING HIS ATTENTION TO THE LEFT SI DE. HE FAILED TO REALIZE THAT HIS FINGER WAS UNDER THE POINT OF OPERATION AS HE TRIPPED THE PRESS. HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER WAS AMPUTATED BETWEEN THE 1ST AND 2ND JOINT. CHANICAL POWER PRESS. HE WAS PRESSING A 12 FOOT STRIP OF METAL, 2 7/8 INCHES WID E, INTO THE DIE FROM THE RIGHT SIDE. THE LOWER DIE WAS FASTENED TO THE PRESS BED WITH A HEX HEAD BOLT IN THE DIRECT LINE OF THE SCRAP COMING OUT OF THE LEFT SID E OF THE DIE. ON THE START OF EACH STRIP THE OPERATOR HAD TO REACH IN, THROUGH T HE GUARDING, TO RAISE THE SCRAP OVER THE BOLT, AFTER WHICH HE COULD KEEP IT RAIS ED FROM OUTSIDE THE GUARD. THE POINT OF OPERATION GUARD WAS NOT ADJUSTED IN A MA NNER TO PREVENT THE OPERATOR'S HANDS FROM ENTERING THE DANGER ZONE. THE FRONT WA S 5 INCHES BY 23 INCHES ABOVE THE PRESS BED AND THERE WAS AN OPENING OF 6 TO 8 I
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 706
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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