OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #731539
POLYMER ENGINEERING, INC.
REYNOLDS, IN·
Event description
FOUR FINGERS AMPUTATED IN POINT OF OPERATION OF MOLD PRESS
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 3:20 PM ON APRIL 13, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A W.T. LAR OSE 350 TON HYDRAULIC MOLD PRESS, EQUIPMENT E-3, LOCATED IN THE PRESS ROOM OF PO LYMER ENGINEERING INC., US HIGHWAY 421 AND WHITE COUNTY ROAD 100 NORTH, REYNOLDS , INDIANA, 47080. THE MOLDS CLOSED UNEXPECTEDLY, CRUSHING AND AMPUTATING FOUR FI NGERS ON HIS LEFT HAND. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PLACING MOLD COMPOUND INTO THE POINT OF OPERATION WHEN THE 'BUMP' TIMER OVERRODE THE CURE TIMER, CAUSING THE MOLD TO CLO SE.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 758
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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