OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221377542

TK ELEVATOR MANUFACTURING, INC.

MIDDLETON, TN· 2021-07-21T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Bypass, Bypass Guard, Caught Between, Die, Die Safety Device, Finger, Fingertip, Guard, Hand, Hydraulic Press, Instantaneous amputation, Light Curtain, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Metal, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Point Of Operation, Press, Press Brake, Press Operator, Safety Device, Traumatic Amputation, Unguarded
NAICS: 333921
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345454623
Employer profile: TK ELEVATOR MANUFACTURING, INC.
Summary number: 221377542
Report ID: 0454711

Event description

Employee amputates two fingertips when caught in press brake

Investigation abstract

At 12:45 a.m. on July 21, 2021, an employee working as a machine operator for an elevator and movings stairway manufacturer was fabricating a rope guard on an energized Cincinnati Hydraulic Press Brake #2233 90-Ton by 8-foot Model 90FMIIx8 (Serial Number: 52172). The press brake was fitted with a light curtain at the front of the machine that was rendered inoperative. As a result, the employee was able to access the point of operation. The employee caught his left hand between the a metal piece of the guard and the die. The employee was hospitalized to treat amputations to his middle and ring fingertips.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 39 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
777

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