Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 758433 - EMPLOYEE'S THUMB AMPUTATED IN POWER PRESS

Accident Summary Nr: 758433 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 03/19/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
103978722	04/05/1988	3714	0	The Anderson Company

Abstract: AT 8:15 AM ON MARCH 19, 1988, EMPLOYEE #1, A SET-UP OPERATOR, WAS CALLED UPON TO ADJUST THE DIE OF THE WALSH #18 FULL-REVOLUTION PUNCH PRESS, ANCO ASSET #1335. EMPLOYEE #1 LEFT THE PRESS FUNCTION SWITH, KEY OPERATED, IN THE "MICRO" POSITION (AUTOMATIC CYCLING MODE). HE REMOVED THE EXPANDED METAL POINT OF OPERATION GUARD AND PROCEEDED TO MAKE THE DIE ADJUSTMENT. HE THEN APPARENTLY ACTIVATED THE CYCLE MICRO-SWITCH, CAUSING THE PRESS TO CYCLE. HIS RIGHT THUMB WAS CAUGHT IN THE POINT OF OPERATION AND AMPUTATED AT THE FIRST JOINT. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO ST. ANTHONY HOSPITAL FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT AND IS NOW RECUPERATING AT HIS HOME.

Keywords: DIE, AMPUTATED, POWER PRESS, WORK RULES, THUMB, POINT OF OPERATION, SET UP, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	103978722			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Machinery maintenance occupations

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