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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14565436

DIE,PRESS BRAKE,FINGER,LOCKOUT,CRUSHED,POINT OF OPERATION,PRESS

Event
DIE,PRESS BRAKE,FINGER,LOCKOUT,CRUSHED,POINT OF OPERATION,PRESS
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14565436
Report ID
950411

Event description

FINGER CAUGHT IN DIE OF PRESS BRAKE MACHINE

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1, THE LEADMAN IN DEPARTMENT 551 (A PRESS BRAKE AREA), WAS IN THE PROC ESS OF REACHING FOR A TOOL THAT WAS ATTACHED TO THE LOWER RIGHT FRONT OF MACHINE #41. THIS MACHINE IS A CHICAGO DREIS & KRUMP BRAND PRESS BRAKE, AND WAS BEING U SED WITH A 90 DEGREE FORMING DIE. EMPLOYEE #1 DID NOT NOTIFY THE OPERATOR OF THE PRESS BRAKE OF HIS PRESENCE. AS HE REACHED FOR THE TOOL WITH HIS LEFT HAND HE P LACED HIS RIGHT HAND IN THE DIE AREA. THE DIE CLOSED, CATCHING HIS RIGHT INDEX F INGER. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE THE FINGER WAS AMPUTATED JUST AB OVE THE SECOND JOINT.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 58 M

    Nature of injury
    1
    Part of body
    10
    Event type
    2
    Source
    26
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    10
    Environmental factor
    1
    Task assigned
    1

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