Inspection Detail

Inspection: 3011764 - The Carolina Stamping Company, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Nc Department Of Labor - Raleigh

Inspection Nr: 3011764

Report ID: 0453710

Date Opened: 07/09/1987

Site Address:
The Carolina Stamping Company, Inc.
1615 Lee Street
Spencer, NC 28159

Mailing Address:
Post Office Box 65, Spencer, NC 28159

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:3469

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 07/13/1987

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 08/12/1987

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360263214

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 14251003

Event: 07/08/1987

EMPLOYEE'S FINGERS AMPUTATED IN POWER PRESS ACCIDENT

AT APPROXIMATELY 2:25 PM ON JULY 8, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A BLISS 42 TON, FULL REVOLUTION MECHANICAL POWER PRESS. PORTIONS OF THE MIDDLE AND INDEX FINGERS OF HIS LEFT HAND WERE AMPUTATEED WHEN THEY WERE CAUGHT IN THE POINT OF OPERATION. HE STATED THAT HE PRESSED THE TREADLE, REMOVED HIS FOOT, AND REACHED HIS HAND INTO THE DIE AREA TO REMOVE A PART. THE PRESS RAM CYCLED AGAIN (REPEATED) AND AMPUTATED HIS FINGERTIPS. THE POINT OF OPERATION GUARD HAD BEEN REMOVED BY EMPLOYEE #1. CAUSAL FACTORS WERE: 1. THE SINGLE STROKE MECHANISM WAS NOT INCORPORATED; 2. THE POINT OF OPERATION GUARD HAD BEEN REMOVED; AND 3. THE EMPLOYEE PLACED HIS HAND INTO THE POINT OF OPERATION. ALSO, THE PEDAL RETURN SPRING WAS NOT OF THE COMPRESSION TYPE AND WAS BROKEN IN ANY EVENT.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, POWER PRESS, FINGER, WORK RULES, POINT OF OPERATION, UNGUARDED

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	3011764			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Punching and stamping press machine operators

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