OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14515746
DIE,POWER PRESS,FINGER,CRUSHED,PRESS
Event description
FINGERS CRUSHED IN POWER PRESS WHICH "DOUBLE STROKED"
Investigation abstract
THE BRACKET SUPPORTING THE CAM RELEASE ON THE POWER PRESS WAS BROKEN, AND THE PR ESS WOULD NOT OPERATE. A NEW, IMPROPERLY MADE BRACKET WAS INSTALLED ON THE PRESS . THIS BRACKET FAILED TO OPERATE CORRECTLY AND THE PRESS "DOUBLE-STROKED" WHEN T HE FINGERS OF EMPLOYEE #1 WERE IN THE DIE.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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