OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #758433
THE ANDERSON COMPANY
MICHIGAN CITY, IN·
Event description
EMPLOYEE'S THUMB AMPUTATED IN POWER PRESS
Investigation abstract
AT 8:15 AM ON MARCH 19, 1988, EMPLOYEE #1, A SET-UP OPERATOR, WAS CALLED UPON TO ADJUST THE DIE OF THE WALSH #18 FULL-REVOLUTION PUNCH PRESS, ANCO ASSET #1335. EMPLOYEE #1 LEFT THE PRESS FUNCTION SWITH, KEY OPERATED, IN THE "MICRO" POSITION (AUTOMATIC CYCLING MODE). HE REMOVED THE EXPANDED METAL POINT OF OPERATION GUAR D AND PROCEEDED TO MAKE THE DIE ADJUSTMENT. HE THEN APPARENTLY ACTIVATED THE CYC LE MICRO-SWITCH, CAUSING THE PRESS TO CYCLE. HIS RIGHT THUMB WAS CAUGHT IN THE P OINT OF OPERATION AND AMPUTATED AT THE FIRST JOINT. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO ST. ANTHONY HOSPITAL FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT AND IS NOW RECUPERATI NG AT HIS HOME.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 59 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 519
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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