OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #691071
LINFORD BROTHERS GLASS
SALT LAKE CITY, UT·
Event description
FINGERS AMPUTATED IN PUNCH PRESS
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A PUNCH PRESS ON THE MORNING OF JULY 23, 1986. AN ACCI DENT OCCURRED IN WHICH SHE LOST THE TIPS OF HER LITTLE AND RING FINGERS ON HER L EFT HAND. THE POINT OF OPERATION ON THE PRESS WAS NOT GUARDED. ITS MAXIMUM OPENI NG WAS 2 3/4 INCHES. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THIS ACCIDENT.
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
- 2
- Task assigned
- 1
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