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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #709030

DIE,AMPUTATED,FINGER,WORK RULES,TWO-HAND CONTROL,POINT OF OPERATION,PUNCH PRESS,PRESS

Event
DIE,AMPUTATED,FINGER,WORK RULES,TWO-HAND CONTROL,POINT OF OPERATION,PUNCH PRESS,PRESS
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
709030
Report ID
854910

Event description

EMPLOYEE PLACED HAND IN DIE OF PUNCH PRESS, 4 FINGERS LOST

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING AN 80 TON SOUTH BEND JOHNSON MECHANICAL PUNCH PRESS (P ART REVOLUTION CLUTCH), USING TWO HAND CONTROLS. HE CYCLED THE MACHINE, THEN REA CHED INTO THE POINT OF OPERATION WITH HIS HAND TO REMOVE MATERIAL. THE MACHINE R EPEATED ITS CYCLE, CATCHING FOUR OF THE EMPLOYEES FINGERS IN THE DIES. THE EMPLO YEE HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED BY MANAGEMENT TO USE MAG LINE TONGS TO MOVE MATERIAL INT O AND OUT OF THE THE PRESS, BUT HE STATED THAT IT WAS EASIER AND FASTER TO DO IT BY HAND.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 46 M

    Nature of injury
    1
    Part of body
    10
    Event type
    2
    Source
    26
    Occupation code
    706
    Human factor
    11
    Environmental factor
    1
    Task assigned
    1

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