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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #606160

DIE,AMPUTATED,PRESS BRAKE,FINGER,FOOT CONTROL,TWO-HAND CONTROL,POINT OF OPERATION,INATTENTION

Event
DIE,AMPUTATED,PRESS BRAKE,FINGER,FOOT CONTROL,TWO-HAND CONTROL,POINT OF OPERATION,INATTENTION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
606160
Report ID
418100

Event description

EMPLOYEE'S FINGERS AMPUTATED IN PRESS BRAKE

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A VERSON PRESS BRAKE, SERIAL #28214-208-65. HE WAS USI NG THE BRAKE TO PLACE TWO RIGHT ANGLE BENDS IN A 15 INCH BY 3 INCH CROSS SUPPORT BRACKET. THE PART IS PLACED IN THE DIE AND HELD THERE BY TWO PRONGS. WHEN THE D IES CLOSE, THE TWO BENDS ARE MADE SIMULTANEOUSLY. THE PART NEED NOT BE HELD BY T HE OPERATOR. THE PRESS BRAKE WAS ACTUATED BY A PROTECTED FOOT SWITCH. THE OPERAT OR MAY HAVE BEEN DISTRACTED, BECAUSE HE INADVERTENTLY ACTIVATED THE FOOT SWITCH WHILE HIS HAND WAS STILL IN THE DIE. THE DIES CLOSED ON HIS LEFT HAND, AMPUTATIN G 4 FINGERS. THE BRAKE COULD HAVE BEEN SET-UP FOR TWO-HAND CONTROL OPERATION.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 22 M

    Nature of injury
    1
    Part of body
    12
    Event type
    2
    Source
    26
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    6
    Environmental factor
    1
    Task assigned
    2

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