Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14455158 - FINGERS CRUSHED IN PRESS BRAKE DIE

Accident Summary Nr: 14455158 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 09/08/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101939379	09/08/1986	3444	0	Klauer Manufacturing Company

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1, ALONG WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE, WAS RUNNING A TANDEN PRESS BRAKE. HE PLACED HIS END OF THE PART INTO PLACE AND STEPPED ON THE TRIP PEDAL. HE NOTICED SOMETHING OUT OF PLACE AND REACHED INTO THE DIE TO STRAIGHTEN IT. HE DID NOT REMOVE HIS FOOT FROM THE TRIP PEDAL. AT THAT TIME, THE OTHER OPERATOR TRIPPED HIS PEDAL, CAUSING BOTH PRESSES TO ACTUATE. EMPLOYEE #1'S FINGER AND THUMB WERE CAUGHT BETWEEN THE UPPER AND LOWER DIES.

Keywords: DIE, PRESS BRAKE, FINGER, FOOT CONTROL, CRUSHED, POINT OF OPERATION, PRESS, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101939379			Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Laborers, except construction

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