OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #673137
ERICKSON DISPLAY COMPANY
DES MOINES, IA—
Event description
FINGERS AMPUTATED IN MALFUNCTIONING POWER PRESS
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A POWER PRESS BRAKE (#B1) IN THE FABRICATION DEPARTMEN T. THE PRESS WAS EQUIPPED WITH A TWO-HAND CONTROL DEVICE. THE MACHINE MALFUNCTIO NED IN THAT THE PART WAS NOT EJECTED AFTER IT WAS PRESSED AND THE PRESS CONTINUE D TO CYCLE. EMPLOYEE #1, SEEING THAT THE PART WOULD BE CRUSHED BY THE DESCENDING RAM, REACHED INTO THE POINT OF OPERATION WITH BOTH HANDS IN AN EFFORT TO PUSH T HE PART OUT THE BALL SIDE OF THE MACHINE. HE FAILED TO USE THE MAGNETIC TOOL THA T WAS PROVIDED FOR THIS PURPOSE. THE RAM CAUGHT BOTH HANDS IN THE DIE AND SEVERE D SIX FINGERS ON BOTH HANDS.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 653
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 2
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