OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #998179
PULL BACK DEVICE,DIE,AMPUTATED,POWER PRESS,THUMB,POINT OF OPERATION,HAND,PRESS
Event description
EMPLOYEE'S HAND AMPUTATED IN POWER PRESS
Investigation abstract
ON DEC 18, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 CAUGHT HER HAND IN A DIE UNDER THE PINCH POINT AND ACCIDENTLY TRIPPED THE PRESS. THE SAFETY PULL BACK BROKE, RESULTING IN THE AMPUT ATION OF HER LEFT HAND AND PART OF HER RIGHT THUMB.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 62 F
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 706
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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