OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14223796
REDFORD MANUFACTURING CO INC
NAPPANEE, IN—
Event description
LEFT THUMB TIP AMPUTATED IN DRILL PRESS
Investigation abstract
ON FEBRUARY 11, 1985,,AT 10 AM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A ROCKWELL DRILL PRESS . WHILE LOADING A PART TO BE DRILLED INTO THE AIR-OPERATED HOLDING FIXTURE WITH HER LEFT HAND, SHE ACTIVATED THE MACHINE WITH HER RIGHT HAND. THE CLAMP CLOSED, CATCHING HER THUMB BETWEEN THE PART AND THE HOLDING FIXTURE. THE TIP OF HER LEFT THUMB WAS AMPUTATED.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 22 F
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 708
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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