OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #970855
AMPUTATED,FINGER,WORK RULES,THUMB,LACERATION,POINT OF OPERATION,STRUCK BY,PUNCH PRESS,UNGUARDED,RAM
Event description
Employee injures fingers in punch press
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was using a 10 ton capacity Benchmaster full rotary mechanical punch press to cut cosmetic sponges from long lengths of sponge material. He was feed ing the sponge material into the die of the press with his left hand when he acc identally tripped the energizing lever on the right side. The ram came down, sma shing and cutting his left thumb and middle finger and amputating his left index finger to the first knuckle. The press was not equipped with a two hand control drive nor did it contain any safety devices to prevent fingers and hands from e ntering the point of operation.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 706
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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