OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #670869
DIE,POWER PRESS,PINNED,WORK RULES,THUMB,CAUGHT BETWEEN,PRESS,UNGUARDED
Event description
Employee's thumb pinched between dies
Investigation abstract
At approximately 2:30 p.m. on May 30, 1986, Employee #1 was used his fingers to . place a 2 1/2 inch diameter part disc on the curve of the lower die in a 15 ton Federal full revolution mechanical power press. The dog that engages the flywhee l broke, letting the press run continuously. There were approximately 2 inches b etween the upper die and the part. The upper die came down on his thumb, pinning it. The part did not set in the lower die, allowing the operator time to recut and pull his thumb out. He sustained a skinned thumb, loss of the nail, and mang led skin on the end of the thumb. He was hospitalized for treatment. The press w as being used without a point of operation guard and no single control mechanism
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 106
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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