OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221454564

114712 - GLOBAL FORMING

INDIANAPOLIS, IN· 2022-01-31T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Catch Point, Caught In, Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Electrical Wire, Finger, Inexperience, Lack of Work Procedures, Light Curtain, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Malfunction, Mechanical Power Press, Power Press, Press Operator, Safety Device, Stamper
NAICS: 332312
Inspection type: Planned
Activity number: #345819627
Employer profile: 114712 - GLOBAL FORMING
Summary number: 221454564
Report ID: 0551800

Event description

Employee amputates multiple fingers due to light curtain gap

Investigation abstract

At 1:07 p.m. on January 31, 2022 an employee was loading material into the Front Loading Model S2-80 Stamping Press. The employee engaged the foot pedal while both hands were inside the stamping press. The light curtain had an approximately a 1 inch to 1.5 inch void that failed to detect the employee's hands in the machine. The employee amputated several fingers on both hands and was hospitalized as a result.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 29 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
747

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