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Accident Summary Nr: 732131 - EMPLOYEE'S THUMB AMPUTATED IN PUNCH PRESS POINT OF OPERATION

Accident Summary Nr: 732131 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 03/09/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
14697015	06/09/1987	3931	0	Pan Industries Inc

Abstract: AT 3:15 PM ON MARCH 9, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A POWER PUNCH PRESS FOR PAN INDS., INC. SHE WAS INSERTING AND REMOVING PARTS, BY HAND, INTO AND OUT OF A DIE OPENING 1 INCH HIGH BY 2 3/4 INCHES WIDE. AFTER INSERTING A PART WITH HER RIGHT HAND SHE WOULD START THE PRESS BY USING TWO HAND TRIPS. SHE THEN WOULD THEN REMOVE THE PART WITH HER LEFT HAND, SOMETIMES USING A SCREWDRIVER TO HELP FREE THE PART. WHILE SHE WAS REMOVING A STUCK PART THE PRESS SUDDENLY DOUBLE TRIPPED. HER LEFT THUMB WAS TRAPPED IN THE DIE AREA AND AMPUTATED AT THE FIRST JOINT. THE ACCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED IF THE PRESS HAD BEEN EQUIPPED WITH AN ANTI-REPEAT FEATURE.

Keywords: DIE, AMPUTATED, WORK RULES, THUMB, POINT OF OPERATION, PUNCH PRESS, PRESS

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	14697015			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Punching and stamping press machine operators

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