OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #670760
REESE PRODUCTS/DIV OF MASCO OF INDIANA
ELKHART, IN·
Event description
Employee's thumb amputated in unguarded power press
Investigation abstract
At approximately l0:00 a.m. on August 18, 1988, Employee #1 was operating a full -revolution power press with a foot trip. A new die had been installed earlier i n the press by a set-up man who forgot to install point of operation guarding. F our hours later, Employee #1 had his left hand in the point of operation, insert ing a part into the die area, when the press was tripped. Employee #1's left thu mb was amputated.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 706
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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