OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #976373
MULTI-PLEX, INC.
HOWE, IN·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN DIE CLAMP STRUCK HIM IN THE CHEST
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 8:15 AM ON APRIL 8, 1988, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A MINSTER 4 00 TON MECHANICAL POWER PRESS, ARVIN #19413, LOCATED IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE 4TH ROOM. HE INADVERTENTLY LEFT A 6 TO 7 POUND DIE CLAMP UNATTACHED ON THE D IE BED. HE HAD JUST SET THE DIE AND WAS OPERATING THE PRESS TO CHECK THE SETUP. WHEN HE CYCLED THE PRESS THE DIE CLAMP SHOT OUT OF THE DIE AREA WITH GREAT VELOC ITY AND STRUCK HIM IN THE CHEST. THE CLAMP THEN TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 65 FEET B EHIND EMPLOYEE #1 AND STRUCK A CONCRETE WALL, COMING TO REST APPROXIMATELY 8 FEE T FROM THE WALL. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE FROM MASSIVE CHEST INJURIES.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 706
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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