OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #671362
PULL BACK DEVICE,DIE,AMPUTATED,POWER PRESS,FOOT CONTROL,THUMB,POINT OF OPERATION
Event description
LEFT THUMB AMPUTATED IN POWER PRESS
Investigation abstract
ON FEBRUARY 20, 1987, AT 7:20 AM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A POWER PRESS WITH A FOOT TRIP AND PULL BACKS. THE EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF LOADING A PART INT O THE DIE AREA WITH HER LEFT HAND WHEN SHE INADVERTENTLY STEPPED ON THE FOOT TRI P, CAUSING THE PRESS TO COME DOWN AND AMPUTATE HER THUMB AT ITS BASE. THE PRESS HAD BEEN OPERATED THE DAY BEFORE BEFORE BY A ANOTHER EMPLOYEE AND THE PULL BACKS HAD NOT BEEN READJUSTED FOR EMPLOYEE #1. ALSO, PULL BACK ADJUSTMENT RECORDS WER E NOT BEING MAINTAINED FOR THE PRESS.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 23 F
- 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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