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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #969535

DIE,POWER PRESS,WORK RULES,POINT OF OPERATION,PLASTIC MFG,HAND,PRESS,MACHINE--MISC

Event
DIE,POWER PRESS,WORK RULES,POINT OF OPERATION,PLASTIC MFG,HAND,PRESS,MACHINE--MISC
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
969535
Report ID
854910

Event description

EMPLOYEE'S HAND INJURED IN DIE OF INJECTION PRESS

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A PLASTIC INJECTION MOLD PRESS MAKING CHILDREN'S MEDIC INE DISPENSERS ("ALLIGATORS"). THE PRESS WAS SET FOR A 30 TO 35 SECOND CYCLE. EM PLOYEE #1 REACHED INTO THE DIE TO REMOVE A FOREIGN OBJECT, WITH THE GUARDS STILL IN PLACE, AND GOT HIS HAND CAUGHT IN THE DIE WHEN THE MACHINE CYCLED.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 26 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    12
    Event type
    2
    Source
    26
    Occupation code
    719
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    4
    Task assigned
    1

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