OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #672832
DIE,AMPUTATED,PRESS BRAKE,FINGER,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BY,FOOT-POWERED PRESS,PRESS OPERATOR,UNGUARDED
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
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#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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