OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #759464
ELIXIR INDUSTRIES VENT DIVISION
ELKHART, IN·
Event description
Employee's thumb broken in press brake
Investigation abstract
On October 6, 1988, Employee #1 was operating a press brake that was foot trippe d. The area above the die was not guarded. The employee got a rail stuck in the die and when she turned away to seek help, she stepped on the foot control and a ctivated the brake. Employee #1's thumb was broken in three places.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 21 F
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 706
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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