OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #691691
EASTON ALUMINUM/SALT LAKE CITY DIVISION
SALT LAKE CITY, UT·
Event description
Employee's finger amputated in machine point of operation
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a draw bench lead operator, was adjusting the west side of a machin e while a coworker was operating the east side of the machine. Both operators, w ho stood on either side of the machine, had a control panel. While the coworker was operating his side of the machine, Employee #1's finger became caught in the machine's moving parts (jaws and mandrel) and was amputated. The machine's poin t of operation guarding was inadequate for both operators.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 706
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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