OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14538797
DIE,AMPUTATED,STOP SWITCH,POWER PRESS,FINGER,LOCKOUT,PRESS
Event description
FINGERS AMPUTATED IN MECHANICAL POWER PRESS
Investigation abstract
ON JUNE 12, 1985, AT APPROXIMATELY 11:15 AM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A PRESS R ITE MECHANICAL POWER PRESS (SN 1898). A PIECE OF MATERIAL BECAME STUCK IN THE DI E. EMPLOYEE #1, WITHOUT PUSHING THE STOP BUTTON, REACHED HIS HAND AND ARM UP UND ER THE GUARD WHERE MATERIAL FALLS OUT. THE MACHINE ACCIDENTLY TRIPPED, AMPUTATIN G SOME OF EMPLOYEE #1'S FINGERS IN THE DIE.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 706
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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