OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14522064
PULL BACK DEVICE,AMPUTATED,POWER PRESS,FINGER,FOOT CONTROL,POINT OF OPERATION,PRESS
Event description
FINGERS AMPUTATED BY MECHANICAL POWER PRESS
Investigation abstract
ON APRIL 10, 1984, AT APPROXIMATELY 7:30 PM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS INJURED WHILE WORKI ULLBACK DEVICES. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE PRESS ACCIDENT, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT EM PLOYEE #1 WAS WEARING THE RIGHT PULLBACK BUT NOT THE LEFT. THE CSHO FEELS THAT T HE ACCIDENT WAS A RESULT OF AN ISOLATED EVENT. MANAGEMENT WAS NOT AWARE THAT THE EMPLOYEE WAS NOT WEARING THE LEFT PULLBACK. THE EMPLOYEES WERE AWARE THAT THEY WERE REQUIRED TO WEAR THE PULLBACKS, AND WERE AWARE OF THEIR PURPOSE. ON THE INF REQUENT OCCASIONS THAT THEY DID NOT WEAR THE PULLBACKS THEY WERE REPRIMANDED, PR IMARILY VERBALLY, BY MANAGEMENT. THE EMPLOYEE MAY HAVE FORGOTTEN TO REPLACE THE PULLBACK. NG ON AN L & J FULL REVOLUTION PRESS, NUMBER 5, SHOP NUMBER 6. HIS LEFT RING AND LEFT MIDDLE FINGERS WERE AMPUTATED AT THE FIRST JOINT. HIS LEFT RING FINGER WAS BRUISED AND TURNED BLACK. PULLBACKS WERE USED AS A MEANS TO GUARD THE POINT OF OPERATION. THE EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING A JOB WHICH REQUIRED HIM TO LOAD THE PART WI TH HIS LEFT HAND AND STROKE THE PRESS WITH A FOOT PEDAL. WHENEVER THE EMPLOYEE R AN OUT OF PARTS TO FEED, HE WOULD UNHOOK THE PULLBACK ON HIS LEFT HAND, THEN USE HIS LEFT HAND TO SCOOP MORE PARTS OUT OF A BOX ON THE FLOOR. EMPLOYEE #1 HAD BE EN RUNNING THE PRESS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE SHIFT AND HAD BEEN WEARING THE P
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 46 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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