OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #759480
KAUFFMAN PRODUCTS INC
CARMEL, IN·
Event description
Employee's finger amputated in resistance welder
Investigation abstract
At approximately 7:30 p.m. on December 10, 1987, Employee #1 was placing and rem oving metal parts on a 220 volt, Lors resistance welder, serial #884-3293. The w elder was tripped by one button that was 6 to 8 inches from the point of operati on. Employee #1 had put two parts in the fixture to be welded and pushed the but ton when he noticed the parts were not correctly positioned. Employee #1 reached into the point of operation to straighten the parts and the welder came down, a mputating his left middle finger. Employee #1 was hospitalized at St. Vincent Ho spital.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 706
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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