OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #758011
SWISS PLYWOOD CORP
TELL CITY, IN·
Event description
EMPLOYEE'S FINGERS FRACTURED IN LAMINATING PRESS
Investigation abstract
AT 3:25 PM ON JULY 23, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1, A HIGH FREQUENCY LAMINATING PRESS OPER ATOR AT THE SWISS PLYWOOD CORP., FRACTURED THE TIPS OF HIS LEFT MIDDLE AND RING FINGERS. WHILE TRIPPING THE FOOT PEDAL TO CLOSE THE PRESS FRAME HE INADVERTENTLY PLACED THE TIPS OF HIS FINGERS BETWEEN THE FRAME OF THE PRESS AND THE BOARD THA T WAS BEING PRESSED. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS TAKEN TO THE TELL CITY MEDICAL CLINIC IN TE LL CITY, IN. WHERE HE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED. THE CONTROL PEDAL AND THE PRESS ARE AIR OPERATED. THIS ACCIDENT WAS THE RESULT OF THE EMPLOYEE FAILING TO PAY CL OSE ATTENTION TO HIS WORK.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 733
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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