OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #732040
SPRING VALLEY SHOE CORP
PAOLI, IN—
Event description
FINGERTIP AMPUTATED IN CUTTING MACHINE
Investigation abstract
AT 3:10 PM ON APRIL 29, 1985, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A GORE CUTTING MACHINE, MODEL # RMH 1181. SHE WAS HOLDING DOWN THE END OF A ROLL OF GORE (CLOTH). SHE LO WERED THE TOP DIE ONTO HER LEFT MIDDLE FINGER BY MANUALLY OPERATING THE LEFT FOO T PEDAL. SHE THEN TRIPPED THE RIGHT FOOT PEDAL, CAUSING THE TOP DIE TO CYCLE. SH E LOST THE TIP OF HER FINGER. SHE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE ORANGE COUNTY HOSPITAL IN PAOLI, INDIANA, AND LATER TRANSFERRED TO JEWISH HOSPITAL IN LOUISVILLE, KENTU CKY. THE EMPLOYER FAILED TO PROVIDE A GUARD FOR THE HALF-INCH POINT OF OPERATION ON THE CUTTING MACHINE, AND ALSO FAILED TO PROVIDE GUARDS FOR THE FOOT PEDALS.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 39 F
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 745
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 2
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