OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #670737
CULLIP TOOL AND DIE INC
ELKHART, IN·
Event description
Employee's fingers amputated by punch press
Investigation abstract
At approximately 7:00 p.m. on August 15, 1988, Employee #1 was operating a full- revolution punch press with two hand trips. When he reached into the point of op eration to free a stuck part, the press tripped on its own, catching his right h and. His middle, index, and ring fingers were amputated.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 706
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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