OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #890798
AMPUTATED,FINGER,CAUGHT BETWEEN,FOOT-POWERED PRESS,PIPE,HYDRAULIC PRESS,HAND
Event description
EMPLOYEE'S FINGERS AMPUTATED IN HYDRAULIC PRESS ACCIDENT
Investigation abstract
On May 11, 1989, Employee #1, a Parts Operator, was manually feeding 7.125-in. l eleased. Employee #1 was trained how to operate the hydraulic power press and ot her machines by the Threading Department supervisor. ong and 4-in.-diameter steel pipe section into a Hydraser horizontal hydraulic p owered press, code number DO100, that reduced 50 percent of the pipe length to 3 .1875 inches. After placing a pipe section in the danger zone, Employee #1 attem pted to remove a finished section and trapped his fingers between two sections, resulting in an amputation of portions of the four fingers of his left hand. The danger zone of the press ram that exerted 75 tons of hydraulic pressure was not guarded. The press ram with total stroke of 16 in., having one-way movement tim ed at 5.2 seconds was activated by a foot pedal that stopped ram movement when r
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 18 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 758
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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