OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #732073
RUVAN INC
EVANSVILLE, IN·
Event description
EMPLOYEE SUFFERED LACERATED FINGERS IN POWER PRESS
Investigation abstract
AT 3 PM ON MARCH 21, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1, A LINEWORKER FOR RUVAN, INC., SUFFERED S RE TO PROPERLY GUARD THE POINT OF OPERATION OF THE PRESS. EVERE LACERATIONS TO HIS RIGHT RING FINGER AND LITTLE FINGER WHEN HIS HAND WAS C AUGHT IN THE POINT OF OPERATION OF THE PERKINS FULL REVOLUTION MECHANICAL POWER PRESS, SERIAL #46210, MODEL #10-6, COMPANY #PP4, LOCATED IN LINE #11 OF THE SEAL ER DEPARTMENT. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN EMPLOYEE #1 BECAME DISTRACTED WHILE AT TEMPTING TO STRAIGHTEN SOME MATERIAL BEING AUTOMATICALLY FED INTO THE PRESS. HIS RIGHT HAND WAS PULLED UNDER THE POINT OF OPERATION GUARD ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF T HE DIE AREA. HE WAS TAKEN TO DEACONESS HOSPITAL IN EVANSVILLE, INDIANA. HE HAS S INCE FULLY RECOVERED AND RETURNED TO WORK. THIS ACCIDENT WAS A RESULT OF A FAILU
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 706
- Human factor
- 5
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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