OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #800847
AMPUTATED,INADEQUATE MAINT,POWER PRESS,WORK RULES,INEXPERIENCE,POINT OF OPERATION,UNTRAINED,HAND
Event description
Employee's hand amputated in power press point of operation
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, age 18, was assigned and instructed to run a Rousselle #26 power pr hand. ess but decided to switch jobs with a coworker who was working on a Thunder Bay 200-ton part revolution mechanical power press, serial #200-4. Employee #1 did n ot receive prior approval, instructions, or training on the Thunder Bay. This pr ess was being operated with two operators, one on the front and one on the back. The front hand controls were working, but because the back ones were not workin g, the front operator was instructed to look out for the back operator. Employee #1 became the new back operator. When she put her hand in the press, the machin e cycled, amputating the outside palm area of her hand. Employee #1 may lose her
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 18 F
- Nature of injury
- 18
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 706
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 2
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