Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 875385 - Employee's fingers injured in punch press, later amputated

Accident Summary Nr: 875385 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 07/13/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119814044	07/26/1993	3663	0	Econco

Abstract: Employee #1 was straightening metal with a 35-ton punch press. The press was equipped with two-hand activating buttons and Possens pull-back restraint guards. Employee #1 had run several hundred parts when he took off his left hand pull-back wristlet so that he could reach into the parts bin. As he was removing a part, the press repeated, smashing the first three fingers on his left hand. He was taken to the hospital, where the fingers were amputated. The press had a history of repeating.

Keywords: PULL BACK DEVICE, AMPUTATED, INADEQUATE MAINT, FINGER, WORK RULES, TWO-HAND CONTROL, POINT OF OPERATION, PRESS OPERATOR, PUNCH PRESS, MECH MALFUNCTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119814044			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Machinists

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