OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #976928
MID-WEST SPRING AND STAMPING
MENTONE, IN·
Event description
Employee's fingertip amputated in point of operation
Investigation abstract
At approximately 7:00 a.m. on March 15, 1989, Employee #1 was starting to run pr oduction on a Lausbaugh Jordan 18 ton full-revolution punch press machine #532. When he turned his head, he tripped the press with his foot without realizing th at his right index finger was in the point of operation. The fatty tip of his fi nger was pinched off. Employee #1 was hospitalized, treated, and released.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 34 Male
- Nature of injury
- Amputation (1)
- Part of body
- FINGER(S) (10)
- Accident type
- CAUGHT IN OR BETWEEN (2)
- Source of injury
- MACHINE (26)
- Occupation
- Punching and stamping press machine operators (706)
- Human factor
- MALFUNC IN SECURING/WARNING OP (4)
- Environmental factor
- PINCH POINT ACTION (1)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.