OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14464697
ACME METAL PRODUCTS DIV OF DESIGN INSTITUTE OF AME
JASPER, IN—
Event description
FINGER CAUGHT IN POWER PRESS
Investigation abstract
ON JULY 26, 1984, AT 11:45 AM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A BLISS MECHANICAL POWE TURN TO WORK IN 1 OR 2 WEEKS. R PRESS, PROPERTY #62, WHEN HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER WAS PARTIALLY AMPUTATED IN THE PRESS WHILE USING THE PRESS TO SHEAR OFF THE ENDS OF 1/32" X 7/8" METAL SHELF S UPPORTS. THE LEFT INDEX FINGER OF EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PARTIALLY AMPUTATED WHEN HE AC CIDENTALLY TRIPPED THE FOOT PEDAL OF THE PRESS AS HE WAS REACHING INTO THE DIE T O RETRIEVE A METAL SHELF SUPPORT THAT HAD FALLEN INTO THE DIE. THE DIE HAD A 3 1 /4 " POINT OF OPERATION OPENING AND WAS NOT GUARDED. THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT WAS THE EMPLOYEE'S SECOND DAY ON THE JOB. THE AMPUTATED PORTION OF THE EMPLOYEE'S L EFT INDEX FINGER WAS RE-ATTACHED AT THE HOSPITAL. THE EMPLOYEE IS EXPECTED TO RE
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 706
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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