OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #758656
DIE,AMPUTATED,POWER PRESS,FINGER,WORK RULES,FOOT CONTROL,TWO-HAND CONTROL,POINT OF OPERATION,UNGUARDED
Event description
EMPLOYEE'S FINGERS AMPUTATED IN POWER PRESS
Investigation abstract
AT ABOUT 3:45 PM ON OCTOBER 7, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A ROBINSON 30 TON ER OF THE DIE. IT DID NOT HAVE A BARRIER GUARD AT THE POINT OF OPERATION. IT DID HAVE A SINGLE STROKE CONTROL DEVICE ON THE FOOT PEDAL BRACKET LEVER, BUT DID NO T HAVE A GUARD OVER THE FOOT PEDAL. MECHANICAL FULL REVOLUTION POWER PRESS (SERIAL NUMBER NA 350). HE WAS PLACING S MALL DIE CAST HANDLES IN THE DIE BY HAND AND TRIPPING THE PRESS BY USING TWO PAL MS ON THE CONTROLS TO REMOVE EXCESS FLASH FROM THE PART. HE REPORTED THE PRESS W AS MAKING A FUNNY NOISE AND HAD DOUBLE TRIPPED EARLIER. HE WAS HAVING TROUBLE GE TTING THE PART TO FIT IN THE DIE. HE WAS USING HIS LEFT HAND TO PUSH THE PART IN TO THE DIE, WHEN THE PRESS DOUBLE TRIPPED AND THE DIE CLOSED ON HIS FINGERS. TWO FINGERS WERE AMPUTATED, BUT DOCTORS REATTACHED ONE FINGER. THERE WERE 3 INCHES BETWEEN THE DIES. THE PRESS HAD TWO PALM BUTTON CONTROLS 13 INCHES FROM THE CENT
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
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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