OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #670976
WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
EVANSVILLE, IN·
Event description
EMPLOYEE'S HAND CRUSHED IN POWER PRESS
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 7:30 AM ON OCTOBER 20, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1, A PRESS OPERATOR FOR OFF WORK FOR 3 TO 4 MONTHS. THE ACTUAL CAUSE OF THE PRESS MALFUNCTION CANNOT BE DETERMINED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER, CONTRIBUTING FACTORS ARE: EMPLOYEE #1 FAILED T O REMOVE THE KEY FROM THE MODE SELECTION SWITCH, AND, HE WAS NOT PROPERLY INSTRU CTED IN SAFE METHODS OF WORK BEFORE STARTING UP THE PRESS. THE WHIRLPOOL CORP., RECEIVED A CRUSH/LACERATION INJURY TO HIS RIGHT HAND IN AN L & J PARTIAL REVOLUTION MECHANICAL POWER PRESS, SERIAL #50B282A, PROPERTY #8204 5, MODEL #W60, LOCATED IN THE COMPANY PRESS SHOP. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AS EMPLO YEE #1 WAS REACHING INTO THE DIE TO REMOVE A FINISHED PART. THE PRESS DOUBLE-TRI PPED AND CAUGHT EMPLOYEE #1'S RIGHT HAND IN THE DIE. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS TAKEN TO ST . MARY'S HOSPITAL IN EVANSVILLE, INDIANA AFTER THE ACCIDENT, AND LATER TRANSFERR ED TO JEWISH HOSPITAL IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. THE ACCIDENT DID NOT RESULT IN AN AMPUTATION, AND EMPLOYEE #1 IS EXPECTED TO FULLY RECOVER. HE IS EXPECTED TO BE
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 52 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 706
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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