OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #970855
IN-TOUCH PRODUCTS
NORTH SALT LAKE, UT·
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 Male
- Nature of injury
- Amputation (1)
- Part of body
- FINGER(S) (10)
- Accident type
- CAUGHT IN OR BETWEEN (2)
- Source of injury
- MACHINE (26)
- Occupation
- Punching and stamping press machine operators (706)
- Human factor
- SAFETY DEVICES REMOVED/INOPER. (9)
- Environmental factor
- SHEAR POINT ACTION (3)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.