OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #734988
PULL BACK DEVICE,AMPUTATED,POWER PRESS,FINGER,FOOT CONTROL,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,POINT OF OPERATION
Event description
EMPLOYEE'S FINGERS AMPUTATED IN POWER PRESS
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A NIAGARA FULL REVOLUTION POWER PRESS, COMPANY # 19, P UNCHING OUT SABER SAW BASE PLATES. THE PRESS WAS PROVIDED WITH A SET OF PULL OUT S ATTACHED TO THE RAM AND WAS ACTIVATED BY A FOOT PEDAL. AS EMPLOYEE #1 PLACED A PIECE OF PLATE INTO THE POINT OF OPERATION, THE PRESS CYCLED AND CAUGHT HER RIG HT HAND IN THE DIES. SHE SUFFERED THE AMPUTATION OF THE FIRST THREE FINGERS ON H ER RIGHT HAND.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 59 F
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 706
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 1
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