OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14499511

HYDRAULIC RAM,AMPUTATED,FINGER,ELECTRONIC CONTROL,DIE CASTING MACHINE,HAND

1984-07-19T11:30:00

Event: HYDRAULIC RAM,AMPUTATED,FINGER,ELECTRONIC CONTROL,DIE CASTING MACHINE,HAND
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14499511
Report ID: 523400

Event description

HAND CAUGHT IN HYDRAULIC PRESS

Investigation abstract

AT APPROXIMATELY 11:30 AM ON JULY 9, 1984, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A CLEVELAND AND INDEX FINGERS OF HIS LEFT HAND. (ALL BUT THE INDEX FINGER HAVE BEEN SURGICA LLY RE-ATTACHED.) UNIVERSAL DIE CASTING MACHINE, MODEL 400, SERIAL #219, TO WHICH WAS ATTACHED A VERTICAL HYDRAULIC CYLINDER USED FOR CUTTING SPRUES AFTER CASTING. THE SPRUE CUT TER WAS POWERED BY HYDRAULIC HOSES FROM THE DIE CASTER, AND WAS CONTROLLED BY A SINGLE SWITCH ON THE DIE CASTER CONTROL PANEL. WHEN EMPLOYEE #1 SHUT OFF POWER T O THE DIE CASTER AND BENT OVER TO CLOSE THE COOLANT VALVE, HE PLACED HIS HAND UN DER THE SPRUE CUTTER RAM. BECAUSE THE VALVE POWERING THE RAM WAS BEING HELD CLOS ED ELECTRICALLY, SHUTTING OF THE DIE CASTER OPENED THE VALVE, RESULTING IN A CLO SING STROKE OF THE RAM. EMPLOYEE #1 LOST MOST OF HIS PALM, PLUS THE RING, MIDDLE

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 53 M

Nature of injury
1

Part of body
12

Event type
2

Source
26

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
3

Task assigned
1

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