OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #672287
PREWAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
EVANSVILLE, IN·
Event description
EMPLOYEE'S FINGERS AMPUTATED IN POWER PRESS
Investigation abstract
AT 7:55 AM ON APRIL 28, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A CLEVELAND MECHANICAL P ST THE POINT OF OPERATION GUARDS CAUSED THIS ACCIDENT. OWER PRESS #11-1, SERIAL NUMBER 8343, LOCATED IN THE PRESS DEPARTMENT (#121) AT PREWAY INDUSTRIES, INC. THE PRESS MALFUNCTIONED WHEN AN AIR VALVE, CONTROLLING T HE FULL REVOLUTION CLUTCH, STUCK, CAUSING THE PRESS TO CYCLE CONTINUOUSLY. THE E MPLOYEE'S RIGHT HAND WAS CAUGHT IN THE POINT OF OPERATION WHEN HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A PART BEING FORMED. HIS RIGHT INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGERS WERE AMPUTATE D. THE MACHINE WAS EQUIPPED WITH A PULL-OUT DEVICE AND TWO HAND TRIPS. HE EITHER WAS NOT USING THE PULL-OUT OR IT WAS NOT PROPERLY ADJUSTED. HE WAS TAKEN TO DEA CONESS HOSPITAL IN EVANSVILLE FOR TREATMENT. THE FAILURE TO PROPERLY USE OR ADJU
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 706
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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