OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #904557
CHEST,POWER PRESS,GUARD,CAUGHT BY,POINT OF OPERATION,GUIDE POST,PUNCTURE
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN CAUGHT IN MECHANICAL POWER PRESS
Investigation abstract
At 12:45 a.m. on October 25, 1989, Employee #1, a press metal worker, was caught in the point of operation of a mechanical power press and killed. Employee #1 w ent underneath a safety chain barrier guard without pushing the cycle stop butto n or pulling the interlocked safety chain. Employee #1 entered the power press t o repair a press limit switch at the point of operation that was not functioning properly. In the process, Employee #1 cycled the press while still inside the p oint of operation. A guide post punctured Employee #1 in the chest killing him i nstantly.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 51 M
- Nature of injury
- 18
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 706
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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