OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #782219
DIE,AMPUTATED,POWER PRESS,FINGER,CAUGHT BY,HAND,PRESS
Event description
EMPLOYEE'S FINGER AMPUTATED WHEN CAUGHT IN PRESS
Investigation abstract
On November 17, 1989, Employee #1 was examining burr on a work piece in the die while it was in the press. Employee #1 inadvertently activated the press while h aving his hand in the die.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 54 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 634
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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