OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #731083
HOOSIER STAMPING & MFG CORP
EVANSVILLE, IN—
Event description
FINGER AMPUTATED IN POWER PRESS
Investigation abstract
AT 1:15 PM ON APRIL 25, 1985, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A JOHNSON #10 MECHANICAL ER TOOLS TO REMOVE STUCK WORK FROM THE DIE. POWER PRESS. HE ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE A PART WHICH WAS STUCK IN THE UPPER DIE, BU T DID NOT DISABLE THE PRESS OR USE ANY TOOLS. HE APPARENTLY INADVERTENTLY TRIPPE D THE FOOT PEDAL, CAUSING THE PRESS TO CYCLE WHILE HIS FINGER WAS IN THE POINT O F OPERATION. ABOUT 3/4 OF HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER WAS AMPUTATED. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS USING A PULL-OUT DEVICE AS POINT OF OPERATION GUARDING. HOWEVER, THE PULL-OUT DE VICE WAS NOT ADJUSTED PROPERLY AND DID NOT PULL THE EMPLOYEE'S HANDS OUT OF THE POINT OF OPERATION TO A SAFE DISTANCE. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AS A RESULT OF FAIL ING TO USE PROPERLY ADJUSTED POINT-OF-OPERATION DEVICES, AND FAILING TO USE PROP
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
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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