OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #998088

MAINTENANCE,AMPUTATED,FINGER,WORK RULES,LOCKOUT,PUNCH PRESS,UNGUARDED,MACHINE--MISC

1987-08-12T00:00:00

Event: MAINTENANCE,AMPUTATED,FINGER,WORK RULES,LOCKOUT,PUNCH PRESS,UNGUARDED,MACHINE--MISC
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 998088
Report ID: 552700

Event description

Employee's fingers amputated during press maintenance

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was attempting to move a die on a part revolution punch press. The m achine was on and in automatic mode, with the guard removed. When the die was mo ved, a micro switch tripped the press. Two of Employee #1's fingers were amputat ed and he was hospitalized.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 31 M

Nature of injury
1

Part of body
10

Event type
1

Source
26

Occupation code
706

Human factor
9

Environmental factor
1

Task assigned
1

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