Accident Report Detail
Accident: 980987 - Employee Amputates Fingertips In Punch Press
Accident: 980987 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 08/25/1992 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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115017154 | 09/01/1992 | 3544 | Ctm Challenge Tool & Mfg | ||||
AT APPROXIMATELY 7:30 A.M. ON AUGUST 25, 1992, EMPLOYEE #1 CAUGHT THE TIPS OF HER RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER AND RING FINGER IN THE PINCHPOINT OF THE WALSH MECHANICAL FULL-REVOLUTION PUNCH PRESS #6611. HER FINGERS WERE CAUGHT WHEN SHE STEPPED ONTO THE PROPERLY GUARDED FOOT PEDAL WHILE PLACING PARTS INTO THE POINT OF OPERATION. THE FOOT PEDAL HAD JUST BEEN INSTALLED BECAUSE THE PALM BUTTONS WERE NOT WORKING CORRECTLY. | |||||||
Keywords:
amputated, finger, caught by, inexperience, point of operation, foot-powered press, punch press
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 115017154 | Hospitalized injury | Amputation | Punching and stamping press machine operators |