OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #976597
CENTRAL MANUFACTURING, INC.
PARKER CITY, IN·
Event description
Employee's arm caught between dies
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was aligning 3 1/2 inch wide flat coiled steel stock in the dies on a Niagara 110 ton part-revolution mechanical power press, serial #E37579, model AFS172. The plant manager came up to the feeder unit and was attempting to take hold of the stock to keep it from sliding out while the alignment was being made when he accidentally stepped on the foot pedal, closing the die on Employee #1' s arm. Employee #1 was using an Allen wrench inserted in a hole in the stock and into a pilot hole on the die. The press had pull backs, which were not used or connected to the press. There was no point of operation guarding for the press.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 46 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 17
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 706
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 2
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