OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #737627
MAINTENANCE,AMPUTATED,BRAKE,POWER PRESS,FINGER,POINT OF OPERATION,PRESS
Event description
EMPLOYEE'S FINGERS AMPUTATED IN POWER PRESS
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A JOHNSON 125 OBI POWER PRESS. HE HAD OPERATED THE PRE GH ONTO THE PIN TO CATCH AND HOLD THE RAM. SS FROM THE TIME HE CAME ON DUTY (7 AM) UNTIL THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT (12:45 PM ). THE PRESS SUDDENLY DOUBLE STROKED, THEN CONTINUED TO OPERATE AS IF IN AUTOMAT IC MODE. EMPLOYEE #1 STATED THAT THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT ANYTHING WAS WRONG BEFORE THE MALFUNCTION. THE EMPLOYEE SUFFERED THE AMPUTATION OF THE THUMB AND F OREFINGER OF HIS RIGHT HAND AND THE MIDDLE FINGER AND FOREFINGER OF HIS LEFT HAN D. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE PIN HOLDING THE BRAKE SHOES TO THE BRAKE H OUSING HAD BROKEN LOOSE AND SLIPPED APPROXIMATELY 1 1/2 INCHES OUT OF THE BRAKE SHOES. THE PRESS WOULD ONLY STOP STROKING WHEN THE BRAKE SHOES VIBRATED FAR ENOU
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 47 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 11
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 706
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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