OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #969527

FRACTURE,MAINTENANCE,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BY,LOCKOUT,HAND,PRESS,MACHINE--MISC

1987-10-27T00:00:00

Event: FRACTURE,MAINTENANCE,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BY,LOCKOUT,HAND,PRESS,MACHINE--MISC
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 969527
Report ID: 854910

Event description

Employee's hand fractured in automatic press

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 reached into a Forge Welder 100 ton automatic press to straighten a rod without first shutting off the machine. His hand became caught in the press and was fractured. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
12

Event type
2

Source
26

Occupation code
713

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
4

Task assigned
1

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