Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 909325 - Employee's hand caught in power press

Accident Summary Nr: 909325 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 07/06/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
124662966	08/02/1994	3652	0	Torrington Co.

Abstract: Employee #1 was operating a #4 oak part revolution power press when he noticed that he was producing bad parts. He called the tool maker over to make corrections. As the tool maker, who was out of sight at the controls, cycled the press, Employee #1 reached into the press to check the spring. Employee #1 sustained a fracture of the left finger and a laceration of the middle finger.

Keywords: REPAIR, POWER PRESS, OBSTRUCTED VIEW, WORK RULES, LOCKOUT, LACERATION, POINT OF OPERATION, STRUCK BY, HAND, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	124662966			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Punching and stamping press machine operators

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