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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14464614

PULL BACK DEVICE,DIE,FRACTURE,POWER PRESS,ARM,PRESS

Event
PULL BACK DEVICE,DIE,FRACTURE,POWER PRESS,ARM,PRESS
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14464614
Report ID
551800

Event description

ARM CAUGHT BETWEEN PUNCH AND DIE ON POWER PUNCH PRESS

Investigation abstract

ON MARCH 20, 1984, AT 5:15 PM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING PUNCH PRESS #807 IN DEP ARTMENT 62 OF THE ELKHART PRODUCTS CORPORATION. HE WAS PLACING A THREE INCH TEE INTO THE DIE, TO BE SIZED BY THE PUNCH PRESS. HE DROPPED THE PART. IT LANDED BEH IND THE DIE AREA OF THE PRESS WITH SOME PARTS THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN SIZED. IN OR DER TO RETREIVE THE PART HE UNHOOKED HIS LEFT HAND FROM THE PULL BACK SAFETY DEV ICE AND REACHED THROUGH AND BEYOND THE DIE AREA. HE INADVERTENTLY STEPPED ON THE PRESS FOOT CONTROL SWITCH WITH HIS RIGHT FOOT. THE PRESS OPERATED, CATCHING HIS LEFT ARM. HE RECEIVED A TWO INCH PUNCTURE THROUGH HIS ARM BETWEEN THE WRIST AND ELBOW AND FRACTURED SEVERAL BONES.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 21 M

    Nature of injury
    18
    Part of body
    2
    Event type
    1
    Source
    26
    Occupation code
    706
    Human factor
    9
    Environmental factor
    2
    Task assigned
    1

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