OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #671321
ELIXIR INDUSTRIES METALS DIV
WAKARUSA, IN·
Event description
EMPLOYEE'S FINGERS AMPUTATED IN POWER SHEAR MACHINE
Investigation abstract
AT 6 PM ON MAY 12, 1988, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS SETTING THE STOPS ON A WYSONG POWER SHE AR MACHINE. HIS RIGHT HAND WAS LOCATED UNDER THE 14 FOOT LONG BLADE, HOLDING THE STEEL TAPE DOWN WHILE TAKING MEASUREMENTS. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE APPROACHED THE SHEA R MACHINE AND DECIDED TO USE IT WHILE EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STILL SETTING IT UP. THE O THER EMPLOYEE ASSUMED THAT EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CLEAR, BUT HE WAS NOT. WHEN THE OTHER WORKER MADE HER FIRST CUT EMPLOYEE #1'S HAND WAS STILL IN THE POINT OF OPERATIO N. FOUR FINGERS OF EMPLOYEE #1'S RIGHT HAND WERE AMPUTATED. THE POINT OF OPERATI ON WAS NOT GUARDED.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 715
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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