OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #672832

AGEQUIP D/B/A HAWKEYE STEEL & CONRAD AMERICAN

HOUGHTON, IA· 1986-08-28T00:00:00

Event: DIE, AMPUTATED, PRESS BRAKE, FINGER, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, FOOT-POWERED PRESS, PRESS OPERATOR, UNGUARDED
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #101931954
Employer profile: AGEQUIP D/B/A HAWKEYE STEEL & CONRAD AMERICAN
Summary number: 672832
Report ID: 751910

Event description

Employee's fingers amputated in press brake

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, a press brake operator, was putting 1 1/4 in. wide pieces into a di e to form a 90 degree bend. The foot-controlled press did not have a material ho ld drum as safety equipment. Coworkers told Employee #1 that they were in a hurr y for the parts and asked him to remove parts with one hand and put pieces in th e machine with the other. Three of his fingers were amputated in the press brake .

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 27 M

Nature of injury
1

Part of body
10

Event type
2

Source
26

Occupation code
706

Human factor
2

Environmental factor
1

Task assigned
2

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