OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #759415
DELCO REMY DIV.
ANDERSON, IN·
Event description
Employee's fingers amputated in mechanical power press
Investigation abstract
At approximately 4:45 p.m. on February 4, 1988, Employee #1 was operating a Clea ring 45 ton mechanical power press, #DR72896, that had a part-revolution air clu tch and was tripped by one palm button. Employee #1 was putting parts in the die with a hand tool and tripping the press with his left hand when the die came do wn and amputated three fingers on his right hand. Employee #1 was hospitalized a t St. Vincent's Hospital in Indianapolis.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 715
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 2
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