OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #809624
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION MTC DIVISION
RALEIGH, NC·
Event description
Employee's finger amputated by punch press
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a printing operator, was using a Minister #5, 45 ton capacity punch trained on the press and had operated it for 4 years. press to punch out dial readings on a metal template she had just printed, veri fying that the printing was properly centered. The press had a two-hand trip and pullback safety devices. Employee #1 placed a template in the press, cycled the press (single stroke), and turned the template around. She cycled the press aga in, then reached in to retrieve the template. The press started a continuous cyc le and caught Employee #1's left hand and amputated part or all four fingers. Em ployee #1 was not using the pullbacks. The employer required that the two-hand t rip and pullback devices be used while operating the press. Employee #1 had been
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 38 F
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 737
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 2
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