OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14460513

AIR TECHNIQUES INC

WOODLAWN, MD— 1984-03-22T00:00:00

Event: FINGER,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BETWEEN,POINT OF OPERATION,FOOT-POWERED PRESS,PRESS OPERATOR,PUNCH PRESS,UNGUARDED
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #14843619
Employer profile: AIR TECHNIQUES INC
Summary number: 14460513
Report ID: 352420

Event description

Employee's finger injured when caught in punch press

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was punching out 50 pre-filter covers on an American Machinery elect ric mechanical punch press. When he released the foot pedal, the ram came down a nd caught his left index finger in the point of operation between the upper and lower dies. Employee #1 and his employer agreed that company training had advise d the use of 10 in. screwdriver stock in addition to the operator's hands. The f ull-revolution clutch machine did not have point of operation guarding or an ant i-repeat device.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 43 M

Nature of injury
1

Part of body
10

Event type
2

Source
26

Occupation code
6

Human factor
17

Environmental factor
2

Task assigned
1

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