OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #707893
WARREN EHRET CO OF MD, INC.
BALTIMORE, MD·
Event description
EMPLOYEE'S HAND CAUGHT IN A POWER PRESS, FINGER AMPUTATED
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A POWER PRESS WHEN HIS LEFT HAND SLIPPED INTO THE POIN T OF OPERATION. THE SMALL FINGER WAS AMPUTATED AND THE THREE OTHER FINGERS WERE CRUSHED. EMPLOYEE #1 STATED THAT THE PIECE OF METAL HE WAS TRYING TO HANDLE WAS TOO LARGE. HE LOST CONTROL OF THE PIECE WHICH CAUSED HIS HAND TO SLIP INTO THE P OINT OF OPERATION.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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