OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #971044
SALT LAKE SHEET METAL
SLC, UT·
Event description
Employee amputates four fingers in press brake
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was working alone to bend 14-gauge steel on a 115-ton Verson press b rake, serial #9083, model #NOB-510. He kept his foot on the foot pedal, causing the ram to come down to the die foot, amputating four fingers on his right hand. Employee #1 walked next door and had the neighbor take him to the hospital, whe re he was admitted for treatment.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 39 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
- Sheet metal workers (653)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- 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.