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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #976928

AMPUTATED,FINGER,POINT OF OPERATION,PUNCH PRESS,INATTENTION

Event
AMPUTATED,FINGER,POINT OF OPERATION,PUNCH PRESS,INATTENTION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
976928
Report ID
551800

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

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 34 M

    Nature of injury
    1
    Part of body
    10
    Event type
    2
    Source
    26
    Occupation code
    706
    Human factor
    4
    Environmental factor
    1
    Task assigned
    1

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