OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #670919
ALCOA CLOSURE DIVISION
RICHMOND, IN·
Event description
EMPLOYEE'S FINGERS AMPUTATED IN POWER PRESS
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS REMOVING SCRAPS , BY HAND, FROM THE DIES OF A PRECISION FLEXA PR SPITALIZED. ESS, PART REVOLUTION, 60 TON MECHANICAL POWER PRESS WHEN THE PRESS SUDDENLY ACTI VATED AND THE DIES CLOSED ONTO HER HAND. SHE WAS RELIEVING THE REGULAR OPERATOR AT THIS STATION FOR THE NORMAL BREAK PERIOD. THE PRESS HAS BARRIER GUARDS THAT A RE INTERLOCKED BY MICRO SWITCHES SO THAT WHENEVER THE GUARDS ARE RAISED OR OPENE D THE PRESS SHUTS DOWN. THE FRONT BARRIER GUARD WAS "UP" AT THE TIME OF THE ACCI DENT BUT THE MIRCO SWITCH HAD A "C" TYPE CLIP PLACED ON IT. THE CLIP PREVENTED T HE PRESS FROM SHUTTING OFF WITH THE GUARDS RAISED. THE SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH FINGER OF HER RIGHT HAND, AND PART OF HER RIGHT THUMB WAS AMPUTATED. SHE WAS HO
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 43 F
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 706
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 1
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