OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #170187033
AMPUTATED,POWER PRESS,FINGER,WORK RULES,POINT OF OPERATION,PRESS OPERATOR,PRESS
Event description
Employee's finger amputated in tube expander
Investigation abstract
On March 29, 1990, Employee #1 was operating a tube expander. His finger was amp utated when he put it in the point of operation while the machine was running.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 779
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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