OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #969998
AIR PRESSURE,COMPRESSOR,MAINTENANCE,AMPUTATED,PISTON,THUMB
Event description
Employee's thumb amputated by compressor piston
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a maintenance worker, was checking for air leaks following the inst allation of six exhaust valves on a Worthington air compressor. Due to air press ure, the 16-in.-diameter piston trapped and amputated Employee #1's right thumb. He was hospitalized for his injury.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 60 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 519
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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