OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #736827
DIE,HEAD,POWER PRESS,WORK RULES,CLEANING,LOCKOUT,STRUCK BY
Event description
EMPLOYEE STRUCK IN HEAD BY DESCENDING POWER PRESS DIE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS REMOVING PARTS AND SCRAP METAL FROM THE DIES ON A MECHANICAL POW ER PRESS. THE PRESS WAS SOMEHOW TRIPPED, CAUSING THE UPPER DIE TO DESCEND AND ST RIKE THE EMPLOYEE IN THE HEAD. HE WAS HOSPITALIZED.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 57 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 706
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 1
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