OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14458962
M S WILLETT CO INC
COCKEYSVILLE, MD—
Event description
THUMB AMPUTATED IN MECHANICAL POWER PRESS
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A MINSTER POWER PRESS. WHILE DOING SO HE WAS REACHING INT PLOYEE WAS INSTRUCTED IN THE USE OF PULL BACK DEVICES PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT THE EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING GLOVES, SO THE CONDITION COULD NOT BE OBSERVED BY THE SUPERVISOR, BECAUSE THE EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING THE WRISTLE T INSIDE THE GLOVE. O THE DIE AREA PLACING AND REMOVING PARTS. THE EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING PULL BACK DE VICES AT THE TIME THE ACCIDENT OCCURED. THE EMPLOYEE REMOVED THE PULL BACK WRIST LETS TO GO TO THE RESTROOM. WHEN HE RETURNED TO THE MACHINE HE SLIPPED THE WRIST LETS BACK ON, BUT DID NOT TIGHTEN THEM AROUND HIS WRIST. THE LOOSE STRAP BECAME ENTANGLED ON A BOLT WHICH SECURED THE STRIPPED PLATE OF THE DIE. WHEN THE LOOSE STRAP BECAME ENTANGLED, THE OPERATING MECHANISM OF THE PULL BACK DEVICE BROKE, R ENDERING THEM INOPERATIVE. AT THIS POINT THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT HAND WAS CAUGHT IN THE DIE AREA, WHICH CAUSED THE AMPUTATION OF THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT THUMB. THE EM
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 706
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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