OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14198279
LOWER SHORE SHELTERED WORKSHOP
SALISBURY, MD—
Event description
FINGER CRUSHED IN MANUALLY OPERATED ARBOR PRESS
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, A 16 YEAR OLD HANDICAPPED FEMALE, WAS WORKING IN A SHELTERED WORKSH OP. SHE WAS OPERATING A MANUAL ARBOR PRESS. SHE WOULD PLACE A SMALL METAL PART I N THE DIE OF THE BASE PLATE, THEN PULL DOWN ON THE PRESS HANDLE WITH HER RIGHT H AND AND FORM A NOTCH IN THE METAL PART. SHE WOULD THEN PUSH THE HANDLE BACK UP T O THE TOP POSITION. WHILE OPERATING THE SMALL PRESS THE EMPLOYEE WAS TALKING TO OTHER WORKERS. HER LEFT HAND WAS ON THE BASE PLATE DIE. SHE DID NOT HAVE A PART IN THE DIE. SHE THEN PULLED THE PRESS HANDLE DOWN AND MASHED THE END OF THE MIDD LE FINGER ON HER LEFT HAND. SHE WAS USING AN ENCO #2 MANUAL ARBOR PRESS AT THE T IME OF THE ACCIDENT.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 16 F
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 22
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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