OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #672295
THRUST INDUSTRIES INC
HAUBSTADT, IN·
Event description
EMPLOYEE'S FINGER AMPUTATED IN MECHANICAL POWER PRESS
Investigation abstract
AT 11:10 AM ON JUNE 6, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1, A MACHINE OPERATOR AND SCRAPPER, WAS W OVIDE AND USE DIE BLOCKS AND HAND TOOLS FOR THE REMOVAL OF SCRAP STUCK IN THE DI E. ORKING IN THE PRODUCTION AREA OF THRUST INDUSTRIES, INC. SHE WAS SCRAPPING PARTS FOR THE OPERATOR OF A ROUSELLE FULL REVOLUTION POWER PRESS, #3F, SERIAL NUMBER P30049. WHEN THE OPERATOR LEFT THE PRESS TO GET A DRINK OF WATER, EMPLOYEE #1 AT TEMPTED TO OPERATE THE MACHINE ON HER OWN. SHE ACCIDENTALLY TRIPPED THE FOOT PED AL WHILE TRYING TO REMOVE SOME SCRAP WHICH WAS STUCK IN THE DYE. HER LEFT LITTLE FINGER WAS AMPUTATATED AND THE MIDDLE AND RING FINGERS WERE SEVERELY CRUSHED. S HE WAS TAKEN TO DEACONESS HOSPITAL IN EVANSVILLE, INDIANA. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED BECAUSE OF THE FAILURE TO USE POINT-OF-OPERATION GUARDING AND THE FAILURE TO PR
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 19 F
- 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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