OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #978502
DIE,INADEQUATE MAINT,PRESS BRAKE,WORK RULES,FOOT CONTROL,POINT OF OPERATION,STRUCK BY,PRESS OPERATOR,HAND,UNGUARDED
Event description
Employee's hand amputated in press brake
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was operating a Verson press brake on which the light curtain had tw o light cells inoperative, leaving a 3 1/2 in. gap. She apparently stepped on th e foot switch and the press brake cycled, catching her hand between the dies. Sh e was hospitalized for an amputation.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 21 F
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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