OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #976928
AMPUTATED,FINGER,POINT OF OPERATION,PUNCH PRESS,INATTENTION
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 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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