OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221419898

KEATING OF CHICAGO, INC.

CAPRON, IL· 2021-06-28T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Die, Die Safety Device, Finger, Foam, Foot pedal, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Insufficient Supervision, Machine Cycled, Machine Guarding, Machine Shop, Machine operator, Power Press, Press, Press Brake, Press Operator, Punch Press, Ram, Safety Device, Shear, Sheared, Traumatic Amputation, Unguarded
NAICS: 332710
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345419444
Employer profile: KEATING OF CHICAGO, INC.
Summary number: 221419898
Report ID: 0521400

Event description

Employee amputates eight fingers when caught in punch press

Investigation abstract

At 3:10 p.m. on June 28, 2021, an employee working as a punching machine operator for a machine shop placed 12" x 24" x 1/4" piece of foam insulation material by hand into the die area of a mechanical power press in preparation for cutting a hole in it. The employee may have inadvertently activated the foot pedal twice in succession thereby cycling the machine. The employee crushed both hands in the die by the descending ram. The employee was hospitalized to treat the amputation of eight fingers.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 62 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
706

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