OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #995027
AMPUTATED,PRESS BRAKE,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BY,POINT OF OPERATION,PRESS OPERATOR,HAND,RAM
Event description
Employee's hand caught in press brake
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a press brake operator, was picking up parts and holding them. He t hen placed the parts into the press with his left hand. He was reaching for more parts with his right hand when the ram came down on his left hand. The employee 's hand was caught in the machinery, amputating one or more fingers. He was hosp italized for his injuries.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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