OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #758649
DIE,AMPUTATED,POWER PRESS,FINGER,WORK RULES,FOOT CONTROL,POINT OF OPERATION,FALL,UNGUARDED
Event description
EMPLOYEE'S FINGERS AMPUTATED IN POWER PRESS
Investigation abstract
AT ABOUT 12:30 PM ON AUGUST 26, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A ROBINSON 30 TO E MECHANISM. THE TWO FINGERS WERE COMPLETELY AMPUTATED. N POWER PRESS (SERIAL NUMBER NA350). HE WAS PLACING SMALL DIE CAST HANDLES IN TH E DIE BY HAND AND TRIPPING A FOOT PEDAL TO TRIM THE EXCESS FLASH FROM THE PART. HE WAS SITTING ON A CHAIR WHICH WAS PLACED ON TWO COKE CASES. ONE OF THE CHAIR L EGS DROPPED THROUGH A SLOT ON THE COKE CASE, CAUSING HIM TO FALL BACKWARDS. HE R EACHED FOR THE PRESS AS HE FELL. HE INADVERTENTLY PLACED TWO FINGERS ON HIS LEFT HAND IN THE DIE AS THE PRESS TRIPPED AND CLOSED THE DIE ON THEM. THE PRESS HAD A THREE INCH SPACING BETWEEN THE DIES. IT LACKED ANY POINT OF OPERATION GUARDING AND DID NOT HAVE ANY GUARDING ON THE FOOT PEDAL. IT DID NOT HAVE A SINGLE STROK
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 706
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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