OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #738369
CALDWELL GASKET CO., INC.
AUBURN, KY·
Event description
EMPLOYEE MANGLED THUMB IN POWER PRESS
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 9:30 AM ON JUNE 5, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A FULL-REVOL UTION, AUTOMATIC-FEED NIAGARA POWER PRESS. HE REACHED INTO THE POINT OF OPERATIO N AND INADVERTANTLY STEPPED ON THE FOOT PEDAL OF THE PRESS, CYCLING IT. EMPLOYEE #1 FAILED TO FOLLOW COMPANY RULES. HE FAILED TO USE THE ATTACHED SAFETY BLOCK W HEN HE OPENED THE INTERLOCKED GUARD. THIS GUARD, WHEN OPENED, KILLS POWER TO THE PRESS MOTOR. COMPANY POLICY DICTATES THAT AN EMPLOYEE MUST WAIT UNTIL THE FLYWH EEL COMES TO A COMPLETE STOP, AT WHICH TIME THE FOOT PEDAL BECOMES INOPERABLE. E MPLOYEE #1 ALSO FAILED TO FOLLOW THIS RULE. HIS LEFT THUMB WAS CAUGHT IN THE POI NT OF OPERATION AND SEVERELY CUT AND MASHED.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 706
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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