OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14215248
HARVEY HUBBELL, INC.
AIKEN, SC—
Event description
FINGERS AMPUTATED IN FULL REVOLUTION POWER PRESS
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS USING AN L & J, 45 TON, FULL REVOLUTION POWER PRESS TO FLATTEN C ARPET FLANGES. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PLACING PARTS IN THE PRESS BY HAND, HITTING THE F OOT PEDAL AND THEN REMOVING THE PARTS BY HAND. THE PRESS HAD A BARRIER GUARD, BU T IT HAD BEEN MOVED OUT OF THE WAY. THE PRESS ACTIVATED WHILE EMPLOYEE #1'S HAND WAS IN THE POINT OF OPERATION. THREE FINGERS ON HIS RIGHT HAND WERE AMPUTATED.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 47 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 706
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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