Accident Report Detail
Accident: 978254 - Employee #1'S Fingers Amputated In Power Press
Accident: 978254 -- Report ID: 0454716 -- Event Date: 08/15/1994 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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120553565 | 08/19/1994 | 2514 | Meco Corporation | ||||
Employee #1 was operating a 105 ton Verson press when the press "locked up." A coworker had the key for the control package and put the press into the "inch" mode. Employee #1 used the dual palm buttons to inch the ram back to the start position. As he told the coworker to reset the control to "single stroke," he reached to place a work piece into the die. As the key was turned, the ram cycled and amputated three of Employee #1's fingers. Because the "inch" mode movement apparently never ran completely to the top, the protection package sensed that it should "run" or cycle. | |||||||
Keywords:
die, amputated, finger, work rules, control lever, point of operation, manual mat handling, press operator, press
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 120553565 | Hospitalized injury | Amputation | Miscellaneous precision metal workers |