OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14239982
ALLSTATE LAWN PRODUCTS
NEW HOPE, MN—
Event description
FINGERS AMPUTATED IN PUNCH PRESS
Investigation abstract
ON MARCH 13, 1985, AT APPROXIMATELY 2 PM, AN EMPLOYEE IN A SMALL MANUFACTURING P LANT WAS FORMING METAL PARTS ON A 50 TON FEDERAL PUNCH PRESS. THE EMPLOYEE'S LEF T HAND WAS CAUGHT AND CRUSHED IN THE DIE AREA WHEN THE PRESS CLOSED. FOUR FINGER S ON HIS LEFT HAND WERE AMPUTATED. ACCORDING TO EMPLOYEE #1, HE WAS USING HIS BA RE HAND TO PLACE AND REMOVE THE METAL PIECES INTO AND OUT OF THE DIE AREA.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 44 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 706
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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