OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #942755
ACCURIDE, INC.
CHARLOTTE, NC·
Event description
EMPLOYEE'S FINGER TIP AMPUTATED IN PUNCH PRESS ACCIDENT
Investigation abstract
On May 10, 1989, Employee #1 was running a punch press. Attached to a pull back strap, Employee #1's left hand's ring finger with ring attached became caught by a part as the machine cycled and his hands were pulled back. Employee #1's litt le finger tip was severed and the ring finger was crushed.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 19 Male
- 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
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- PINCH POINT ACTION (1)
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- Task not regularly assigned (2)
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.