OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #802900
MAINTENANCE,POWER PRESS,FINGER,WORK RULES,LOCKOUT,CRUSHED,POINT OF OPERATION,HYDRAULIC PRESS,PRESS OPERATOR,MACHINE--MISC
Event description
Employee's fingers crushed in power press
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and a coworker were running laminates on a Qualitek hydraulic regist e was hospitalized. Safety blocks and a receiving hook were provided for employe es to use. ration press, serial #88F-35479-AA7. Employee #1 fed material and her coworker r eceived the finished product. The press was in automatic mode, with activation b y four fiber-optic sensors that initiated the press once the material was proper ly aligned. The two workers had been running plates for approximately 10 minutes when a laminate became stuck before it was punched. Employee #1 asked her cowor ker if the plate had exited. When he said it had not, she lifted the barrier gua rd on the feed end and reached into the point of operation. When she touched the laminate plate, the press activated, crushing the fingers on her right hand. Sh
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 26 F
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 725
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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