OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #785048
DIE,AMPUTATED,INADEQUATE MAINT,PRESS BRAKE,FINGER,POINT OF OPERATION,PUNCH PRESS,RAM
Event description
Employee's fingers amputated in punch press
Investigation abstract
At approximately 2:50 p.m. on May 17, 1989, Employee #1 was operating an L & J 5 0 ton punch press to form 1 1/8 in. by 34 in. long pieces with a press brake-typ e die set. To achieve the close tolerances required for these parts, Employee #1 had to lower the ram adjustment to get the worn shop-built dies to close adequa tely. After the ram of the press stopped at the top of its stroke on the 43rd pa rt, Employee #1 reached into the dies with his right hand to retrieve the part. The clutch key broke and the ram came down on his hand. Employee #1 pulled his h and back as the dies opened and the machine continued to stroke. Portions of all four fingers on his right hand were amputated.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 706
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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