Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 943761 - Employee's thumb amputated by punch press

Accident Summary Nr: 943761 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 03/20/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18478602	04/09/1990	3634	0	Black & Decker Us Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 experienced difficulty with parts being stamped in a part revolution 60 ton Minster, serial #18739, punch press machine. Employee #1 opened the rear section of the press and reached into the die area to adjust of the air hose. The press cycled and caught the employee's thumb between the slide and a vertical slide guide. A section of her thumb was amputated. The press was not provided with an interlock for the rear door which accessed the dies.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, WORK RULES, INTERLOCK, THUMB, LOCKOUT, CAUGHT BETWEEN, PUNCH PRESS

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18478602			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Punching and stamping press machine operators

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