OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #945279
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
HICKORY, NC·
Event description
Employee's fingers and thumb injured in press
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was removing the end of a piece of strip stock from a press when he accidentally hit the foot pedal and cycled the press. When his left hand was cau ght in the machine, his thumb and middle finger were lacerated and his index fin ger was amputated.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 706
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 1
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