OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #731893
LOBDEL-EMERY
WINCHESTER, IN·
Event description
EMPLOYEE CUT UPPER ARM DURING FALL AGAINST A CONTROL PANEL
Investigation abstract
AT 4 PM ON SEPTEMBER 23, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE WORKING AT A VERSA 1000 TON, PART REVOLUTION POWER PRESS, REMOVING VAN FLOOR PANELS AFTER S TAMPING, THEN PLACING THEM ON A CONVEYOR BEHIND THEM. DURING THE REMOVAL OF ONE PANEL EMPLOYEE #1 LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL WHEN THE PANEL CAUGHT ON THE DIE, TH EN SUDDENLY RELEASED. HIS UPPER RIGHT ARM WAS CUT WHEN HE FELL BACK AGAINST THE RIGIDLY MOUNTED 2-PALM BUTTON CONTROLS. THE CUT WAS 6 INCHES LONG, REQUIRING 13 INTERNAL SUTURES AND 19 EXTERNAL SUTURES.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 22
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 706
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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