OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14542492
DIE,AMPUTATED,PRESS BRAKE,FINGER,FOOT CONTROL,SLIP,SLIPPERY SURFACE,PRESS,UNGUARDED
Event description
FINGER AMPUTATED IN PRESS DIE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WALKING PAST A PRESS BRAKE WHEN HER FOOT SLIPPED ON SOME OIL WHI CH HAD LEAKED FROM THE PRESS BRAKE. AS SHE FELL,SHE GRABBED THE DIE IN THE PRESS BRAKE. ALMOST SIMULTANEOUSLY, HER FALL CAUSED HER TO STRIKE THE FOOT PEDAL. THE PRESS WAS ACTIVATED AND EMPLOYEE #1'S INDEX FINGER WAS AMPUTATED. NEITHER THE P RESS BRAKE NOR THE FOOT PEDAL WERE GUARDED IN ANY MANNER. THE OIL LEAK, WHICH SH OULD HAVE BEEN REPAIRED IMMEDIATELY, WAS NOT.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 35 F
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 15
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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