OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14456628
SYRO STEEL CO
CENTERVILLE, UT—
Event description
Employee's thumb severed in punch press
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, age 19, and a coworker were operating a 400-ton punch press. Each w as using a single button control. When the control buttons were pushed, the pres s cycled, catching and severing Employee #1's right thumb.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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