OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #829655
MAYTAG COMPANY
NEWTON, IA·
Event description
ACCIDENTALLY ACTIVATED PRESS AMPUTATED EMPLOYEE'S FINGERS
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 a press operator with a 2-14 classification was working in the compa f stock, sliding it under the jammed area of the die. She then reached inside th e guard through the stock feed opening up and over the stock guide into the pinc h print of the die. During this time Employee #1 shifted her position on the cha ir and pushed the run button with her knee, accidentally activating the press, a mputating right index, middle and ring finger. ny's area 544, making 2-1915 balance weights, lamination blacks and assembly gro up. The job requires the operator to assemble balance weights on the robot assem bly bench and blank laminations, and assemble them on the manual operation. Empl oyee #1 was blanking laminations on the manual operation, which is one button co ntrol using the left hand and the right hand is used to feed the strip of stock into the die. Prior to the accident, Employee #1 was feeding a strip of stock in to the die with her right hand and after making several parts the stock became j ammed in the die. Employee #1 attempted to free the jam by using another strip o
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 32 Female
- Nature of injury
- Amputation (1)
- Part of body
- FINGER(S) (10)
- Accident type
- CAUGHT IN OR BETWEEN (2)
- Source of injury
- MACHINE (26)
- Occupation
- Punching and stamping press machine operators (706)
- Human factor
- POSITION INAPROPRIATE FOR TASK (10)
- Environmental factor
- SHEAR POINT ACTION (3)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.