OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #976381
ELIXIR INDUSTRIES METALS DIV
WAKARUSA, IN·
Event description
UNTRAINED EMPLOYEE INJURED FINGER IN UNGUARDED POWER PRESS
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 4:45 AM ON FEBRUARY 5, 1988, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A ROUSSE LLE 10 TON FULL REVOLUTION MECHANICAL POWER PRESS (SERIAL #BA12268) IN THE RUNNI NG BOARD DEPARTMENT. SHE LOST HER BALANCE AND CYCLED THE PRESS WHILE HER LEFT IN DEX FINGER WAS BETWEEN THE DIES. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CUTTING RADIUS ENDS OF STONEGUA RDS WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. SHE HAD BEEN EMPLOYED FOR TWO DAYS AND HAD NOT R ECEIVED ADEQUATE TRAINING ON THE MACHINE SHE WAS OPERATING. EMPLOYEE #1 INCURRED AN AVULSON TO THE DISTAL PORTION OF HER LEFT INDEX FINGER. THE AVULSION REQUIRE D NO SUTURES. THE PRESS WAS UNGUARDED AT ITS POINT OF OPERATION.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 19 F
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 706
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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