OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14465074
COSCO INCORPORATED
COLUMBUS, IN—
Event description
FINGER CAUGHT IN POWER PRESS
Investigation abstract
ON MARCH 26, 1984, AT APPROXIMATELY 9:25 AM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A FEDERAL FULL REVOLUTION MECHANICAL POWER PRESS, SERIAL # 5-1438, FOR CUSCO INC. SHE WAS BENDING AND PIERCING A 1/2 INCH METAL TUBE WHEN HER RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER GOT CAU GHT, EITHER IN THE DIE OR BETWEEN THE PART AND THE DIE, CAUSING AMPUTATION UP TO THE FIRST JOINT.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 47 F
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 706
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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