OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #997619
DIE,POWER PRESS,FINGER,WORK RULES,CRUSHED,LACERATION,POINT OF OPERATION,UNGUARDED
Event description
EMPLOYEE CAUGHT FINGER IN POWER PRESS POINT OF OPERATION
Investigation abstract
AT 10:25 AM ON JULY 29, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A PARTIAL REVOLUTION POW TO WORK 1 1/2 HOURS LATER, DOING HIS REGULAR WORK ASSIGNMENT. ER PRESS RUNNING ON CONTINUOUS. THE MATERIAL IN THE PRESS WAS CUT TOO LONG BY TH E DIE AND DID NOT FALL DOWN A CHUTE INTO A BASKET OUTSIDE THE PRESS. EMPLOYEE #1 REACHED INTO THE PRESS TO RETRIEVE THE PIECE WITH HIS LEFT HAND. AS HE WAS PULL ING HIS HAND BACK HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE GUIDE POST AND BU SHING FOR ONE STROKE, SMASHING HIS FINGER. NO POINT OF OPERATION GUARDS WERE IN USE AT THE TIME. THE EMPLOYEE PULLED HIS HAND OUT, TURNED OFF THE PRESS AND WENT TO HIS SUPERVISOR FOR HELP. HE WAS TAKEN TO A MEDICAL CENTER FOR TREATMENT. THE INJURY WAS A BURSTING LACERATION WITH SUBUNGAUL HEMATOMA. EMPLOYEE #1 RETURNED
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 706
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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