OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #904854
MAINTENANCE,DIE CUTTING PRESS,PENIS,LACERATION,PRESS
Event description
EMPLOYEE INJURED IN POWER PRESS CLUTCH MALFUNCTION
Investigation abstract
At approximately 10:15 a.m. On August 18, 1989, Employee #1 initiated the first- the clutch control valve, overriding all electrical systems and the single-strok e mechanism the press. trip cycle leakage on a press because it failed to trip the previous week. Maint enance help was brought in from one of the company's outside contracting compani es to perform maintenance on the press. The next morning on the first cycle, Emp loyee #1 initiated his press directly into continuous mode. Employee #1 began mo ving the die slide forward toward him while sitting on a stool. The repeated mot ion of the lap of the operator caused the die slide to blast right through two s afety stops and lacerates Employee #1's penis. Employee #1 was treated and sent back to work within an hour. Teflon tape had been placed in the exhaust part on
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 44 M
- Nature of injury
- 4
- Part of body
- 30
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 706
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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