OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #976126
COVINGTON PRODUCTS, INC.
MUNCIE, IN·
Event description
Employee's fingers amputated in power press
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was operating an L and F mechanical, part-revolution power press, mo del 7B, serial #7B301, which had a six-step die. This die used flat coiled steel stock to stamp out pairs of metal hinges. Employee #1 was having problems with the press jamming on the bottom, getting hot, and the stock running off to one s ide in the die. Employee #1 had to reach into the die to align the stock. At 10: 30 a.m., on the second alignment of the stock, the press tripped and the dies cl osed on his hand, amputating four fingers. The press was being operated by a foo t pedal and the point of operation was not greased.
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
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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