OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #671313
NYCO INC
ELKHART, IN·
Event description
Employee's finger amputated by ram in molding press
Investigation abstract
At 11:00 a.m. on May 7, 1988, Employee #1 was operating a 48 in. wide by 15 in. high Stokes injection moulding press. The point of operation was guarded by a 48 in. wide by 30 in. high plastic door with three inner locks that would turn the press off and stop all movement when opened. As the press was being operated in the automatic mode, Employee #1 reached under the safety door to free a stuck p art that had not dropped clear of the mold. The ram closed on the mold Employee #1's left hand was caught in the point of operation, amputating two of her finge rs at the first knuckle.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 48 F
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 719
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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