OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #672253
B & C ASSEMBLERS INC
GOSHEN, IN·
Event description
EMPLOYEE'S HAND CRUSHED IN POWER PRESS
Investigation abstract
AT ABOUT 10 AM ON FEBRUARY 29, 1988, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A POWER PRESS IN THE AUTOMATIC MODE AND WITH AUTOMATIC FEED OF PARTS INTO AND OUT OF THE DIE AREA . WHEN A PART BECAME STUCK IN THE AUTO FEED, THE EMPLOYEE TRIED TO FREE IT WITHO UT DEACTIVATING THE PRESS. HIS LEFT HAND BECAME CAUGHT IN THE POINT OF OPERATION AND WAS CRUSHED. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS TAKEN TO GOSHEN GENERAL HOSPITAL AND SUBSEQUEN TLY TRANSFERRED TO INDIANAPOLIS. THE EXACT NATURE AND EXTENT OF THE EMPLOYEE'S I NJURY COULD NOT BE DETERMINED, SINCE HE DID NOT RESPOND TO A PHONE CALL OR A LET TER.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 706
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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