OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #670968
PREWAY INDUSTRIES INC.
EVANSVILLE, IN·
Event description
EMPLOYEE'S FINGER TIP AMPUTATED IN POWER PRESS
Investigation abstract
AT 8:20 AM ON OCTOBER 7, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1, A PRESS OPERATOR, WAS OPERATING A FE DERAL FULL REVOLUTION MECHANICAL POWER PRESS #3, PROPERTY #18251, SERIAL NUMBER 3982, LOCATED IN THE PRESS (#121) SHOP. THE FINGERTIP OF EMPLOYEE #1'S RIGHT MID DLE FINGER WAS AMPUTATED WHEN THE PULL-OUT DEVICE ON THE PRESS FAILED TO PULL TH E EMPLOYEE'S HAND OUT OF THE PRESS BEFORE THE DIE CLOSED. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS TAKEN TO DEACONESS HOSPITAL IN EVANSVILLE, IN. AFTER THE ACCIDENT. HE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED. EMPLOYEE #1 WILL BE UNABLE TO WORK FOR ABOUT A MONTH WHILE RECUPERATIN G FROM HIS INJURY. THIS ACCIDENT WAS THE RESULT OF FAILING TO PROPERLY CHECK AND ADJUST THE PULL-OUT DEVICE AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH SHIFT.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 60 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 706
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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