OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #691345

POWER PRESS,FINGER,WORK RULES,CRUSHED,POINT OF OPERATION,STRUCK BY,HAND,MECH MALFUNCTION,RAM

1987-10-13T00:00:00

Event: POWER PRESS,FINGER,WORK RULES,CRUSHED,POINT OF OPERATION,STRUCK BY,HAND,MECH MALFUNCTION,RAM
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 691345
Report ID: 854910

Event description

Employee's fingers crushed by press ram

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was operating a mechanical power press with an air clutch. He had re ached into the point of operation to remove a formed piece when the brake calipe r pin fell out, causing the ram to fall off center and onto Employee #1's hand. He called for help and a coworker came over and pushed the two-hand controls. In stead of immediately returning to the upper position, the ram came down approxim ately 2 to 3 inches before going back up, crushing Employee #1's fingers.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 26 M

Nature of injury
1

Part of body
10

Event type
2

Source
26

Occupation code
706

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
4

Task assigned
1

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