OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #690719
HYDRAULIC RAM,AMPUTATED,FINGER,CLEANING,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,HAND,RAM
Event description
FALLING HYDRAULIC RAM PARTIALLY AMPUTATES HAND
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CLEANING BENEATH A WASH-OUT TILT TABLE FOR ROCKET MOTORS. HE LAI D A WOODEN 4 X 4 UNDER THE WEST END OF THE TABLE, ACROSS AN 8 FOOT OPENING. EMPL OYEE #1 THEN RELEASED THE TWO SAFETY AIR LOCKS UNDER THE WEST END OF THE TABLE. NEXT, HE BROUGHT THE CENTER HYDRAULIC RAM UP OUT OF ITS HOLE IN THE FLOOR BENEAT H THE TABLE. AS EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CLEANING BENEATH THE BASE PLATE OF THE CENTER RA M, THE 4 X 4 BROKE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE TILT TABLE, ALLOWING THE TABLE AND RAM T O FALL. WHEN THE TABLE FELL, THE BASE PLATE OF THE RAM CUT OFF THREE FINGERS AND THE RIGHT PORTION OF EMPLOYEE #1'S RIGHT HAND.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 48 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 519
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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