OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14463723
KAUFFMAN PRODUCTS INC
CARMEL, IN—
Event description
Employee injures hand in power press, two fingers amputated
Investigation abstract
At 8:00 p.m. on June 29, 1985, Employee #1 was placing and removing metal parts in the point- of-operation of mechanical power press #5. The Federal 79-ton pres s double tripped, smashing his right hand. Employee #1 had two fingers surgicall y amputated. The press had safety devices to keep it from double tripping and a brake monitor to warn the operator if the brake was defective so the machine cou ld be shut down.
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
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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