OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #738237

STAUBLE MACHINE & TOOL CO., INC.

LOUISVILLE, KY· 1987-09-29T00:00:00

Event: FINGER, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, NIP POINT, PRESS, UNGUARDED
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #2799872
Employer profile: STAUBLE MACHINE & TOOL CO., INC.
Summary number: 738237
Report ID: 452110

Event description

Employee's hand injured when caught in press pinch point

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 caught his left hand in the unguarded pinch point area of four side stop blocks of a press. Three of his fingers were crushed and he was hospitalize d.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 20 M

Nature of injury
1

Part of body
10

Event type
2

Source
26

Occupation code
717

Human factor
9

Environmental factor
1

Task assigned
2

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