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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #689711

DIE,AMPUTATED,FINGER,POINT OF OPERATION,PUNCH PRESS,PRESS,UNGUARDED

Event
DIE,AMPUTATED,FINGER,POINT OF OPERATION,PUNCH PRESS,PRESS,UNGUARDED
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
689711
Report ID
552700

Event description

PUNCH PRESS DOUBLE TRIPPED, AMPUTATING EMPLOYEE'S FINGERS

Investigation abstract

ON AUGUST 6, 1985, AT ABOUT 3:35 PM, EMPLOYEE #1, A PUNCH PRESS OPERATOR, WAS ST ARTING WORK ON THE SECOND SHIFT. HE HAD JUST RUN OFF ONE GASKET PIECE ON HIS MAC HINE AND WAS SETTING UP TO DO THE SECOND. HE REACHED INTO THE DIE AREA OF THE PA RTIAL REVOLUTION PRESS TO RETRIEVE THE STOCK WHEN, ACCORDING TO HIM, THE MACHINE "DOUBLE TRIPPED", CRUSHING AND AMPUTATING THE FIRST THREE FINGERS OF HIS RIGHT HAND AT THE FIRST JOINT. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 20 M

    Nature of injury
    1
    Part of body
    10
    Event type
    2
    Source
    26
    Occupation code
    706
    Human factor
    14
    Environmental factor
    1
    Task assigned
    1

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