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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14542872

DIE,AMPUTATED,HAND CONTROL,POWER PRESS,FINGER,FOOT CONTROL,CRUSHED,HAND,PRESS

Event
DIE,AMPUTATED,HAND CONTROL,POWER PRESS,FINGER,FOOT CONTROL,CRUSHED,HAND,PRESS
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14542872
Report ID
418100

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

  1. #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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