OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14542872
DIE,AMPUTATED,HAND CONTROL,POWER PRESS,FINGER,FOOT CONTROL,CRUSHED,HAND,PRESS
Event description
HAND CAUGHT IN POWER PRESS
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A PART-REVOLUTION MECHANICAL POWER PRESS. THE PRESS WA S SET FOR ACTIVATION BY TWO HAND CONTROLS. WHEN THE MACHINE'S EJECTION PROCESS B ECAME FOULED, EMPLOYEE #1 TRIED TO ADJUST THE AIR NOZZLE. IN HER EFFORT TO ADJUS T THE NOZZLE, SHE APPARENTLY CHANGED THE PRESS FROM HAND TO FOOT CONTROL BY CONT ACTING THE SELECTOR KEY. WHILE SHE HAD HER HAND IN THE DIE, THE PRESS WAS ENERGI ZED. HER RIGHT RING FINGER WAS AMPUTATED AND HER RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER WAS CRUSHED . THE MACHINE INVOLVED WAS A MINSTER 60-TON OBI PART-REVOLUTION PRESS. ITS SERIA L NUMBER WAS #6-16426.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 41 F
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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