OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #971044
DIE,AMPUTATED,PRESS BRAKE,FINGER,FOOT CONTROL,CAUGHT BETWEEN,POINT OF OPERATION,FOOT-POWERED PRESS,RAM
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 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 653
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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