Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 689711 - PUNCH PRESS DOUBLE TRIPPED, AMPUTATING EMPLOYEE'S FINGERS

Accident Summary Nr: 689711 -- Report ID: 0552700 -- Event Date: 08/06/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
2912566	08/09/1985	3053	0	Industrial Gasket Company

Abstract: ON AUGUST 6, 1985, AT ABOUT 3:35 PM, EMPLOYEE #1, A PUNCH PRESS OPERATOR, WAS STARTING WORK ON THE SECOND SHIFT. HE HAD JUST RUN OFF ONE GASKET PIECE ON HIS MACHINE AND WAS SETTING UP TO DO THE SECOND. HE REACHED INTO THE DIE AREA OF THE PARTIAL REVOLUTION PRESS TO RETRIEVE THE STOCK WHEN, ACCORDING TO HIM, THE MACHINE "DOUBLE TRIPPED", CRUSHING AND AMPUTATING THE FIRST THREE FINGERS OF HIS RIGHT HAND AT THE FIRST JOINT. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES.

Keywords: DIE, AMPUTATED, FINGER, POINT OF OPERATION, PUNCH PRESS, PRESS, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	2912566			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Punching and stamping press machine operators

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