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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #170064471

POWER PRESS,NECK,STRUCK BY,ARM,FLYING OBJECT,PRESS OPERATOR

Event
POWER PRESS,NECK,STRUCK BY,ARM,FLYING OBJECT,PRESS OPERATOR
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
170064471
Report ID
950411

Event description

Press operator injured when struck by small metal disks

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was working on a Niagara power press bar stamping machine. While he was taking the bars off the conveyor belt, he was struck in the upper right arm and on the left side of his neck by five dime-sized steel disks that were waste products of the press.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 22 M

    Nature of injury
    18
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    1
    Source
    43
    Occupation code
    706
    Human factor
    14
    Environmental factor
    5
    Task assigned
    1

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