OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #732131
PAN INDUSTRIES INC
ELKHART, IN·
Event description
EMPLOYEE'S THUMB AMPUTATED IN PUNCH PRESS POINT OF OPERATION
Investigation abstract
AT 3:15 PM ON MARCH 9, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A POWER PUNCH PRESS FOR P AN INDS., INC. SHE WAS INSERTING AND REMOVING PARTS, BY HAND, INTO AND OUT OF A DIE OPENING 1 INCH HIGH BY 2 3/4 INCHES WIDE. AFTER INSERTING A PART WITH HER RI GHT HAND SHE WOULD START THE PRESS BY USING TWO HAND TRIPS. SHE THEN WOULD THEN REMOVE THE PART WITH HER LEFT HAND, SOMETIMES USING A SCREWDRIVER TO HELP FREE T HE PART. WHILE SHE WAS REMOVING A STUCK PART THE PRESS SUDDENLY DOUBLE TRIPPED. HER LEFT THUMB WAS TRAPPED IN THE DIE AREA AND AMPUTATED AT THE FIRST JOINT. THE ACCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED IF THE PRESS HAD BEEN EQUIPPED WITH AN ANTI- REPEAT FEATURE.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 27 F
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 706
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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