OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14568125
HOBART CORPORATION
COLUMBIA, SC—
Event description
FINGER AMPUTATED IN MECHANICAL POWER PRESS
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, A SETUP MAN, REMOVED A POINT OF OPERATION GUARD FROM A 15 TON TOLED O FULL REVOLUTION MECHANICAL POWER PRESS TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE FORM BLOCK . WHILE HIS HANDS WERE IN THE POINT OF OPERATION HE STEPPED ON THE FOOT PEDAL, A CTIVATING THE PRESS. EMPLOYEE #1'S LITTLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND WAS AMPUTATED AT THE LAST JOINT. THERE WERE NO DIE SETTING OR LOCK OUT PROCEDURES, AND THE FOO T PEDAL WAS NOT GUARDED.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 43 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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