OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14464648
HARMESON MFG CO INC
FRANKFORT, IN—
Event description
Employee injures fingers in power press
Investigation abstract
On January 3, 1985, Employee #1 was helping the operator of a Niagara 260-ton me chanical power press. He was reaching into a 4 in. opening between the dies to r emove a 30 in. by 21 in. piece of wood after it had been trimmed, drilled, and p unched. As Employee #1 took hold of the piece, the press did not stop in the ope n position; instead, it cycled and closed on his hand, injuring four of his fing ers and three of his knuckles. Employee #1 was hospitalized.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 23 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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