OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #709030
DIE,AMPUTATED,FINGER,WORK RULES,TWO-HAND CONTROL,POINT OF OPERATION,PUNCH PRESS,PRESS
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
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#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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