Year |
Full/ Part |
Safety
Device |
Initiation |
Injury |
In/Out |
M/F |
Cause |
1994 (51) (4 mos.) |
34/17 |
Barrier 18 Pullout 13 2 hand 11 PSD 2 NS 7 |
Foot 35 2 hand 13 Auto 1 NS 1 |
Amp. 62* Crush/cut/pinch 23* |
17/18 NS 16 |
37/14 |
Accidental trip 29 No safety used 16
Press failure 3 No lockout 1 NS 2 |
1995 (127) |
55/42 NS 30 |
2 hand 41 Barrier 27 Pullout 25 Tools 4 PSD 5 NS 25 |
Hand 52 Foot 51 Auto 6 NS 18 |
Amp. 132* Crush/cut/pinch 48* Fatal 1 |
50/49 NS 26 |
83/34 NS 10 |
Accidental trip 83 No safety used 28 Press
failure 11 No lockout 2 NS 3 |
1996 (120) |
57/41 NS 12 |
2 hand 41 Pullout 34 Barrier 31 Tools 9 PSD 9 Block 1 */2 |
Foot 66 Hand 41 Auto 6 NS 2 |
Amp. 152* Crush/cut/pinch 146* Broken jaw 1 |
56/64 |
72/48 |
Accidental Trip 45 No safety used 40 Press
failure 21 Safety guard malfunction 10 Struck by material 2 NS 2 |
1997 (127) |
50/72 DD 2 NS 3 |
2 hand 32 Pullout 20 Barrier 49 Tools 2 PSD 12 NS 9 |
Foot 66 2 hand 48 PSD 1 Auto 1 Robot 1 NS 10 |
Amp. 102* Crush/cut/pinch 58* |
51/30 NS 46 |
NS |
Removing scrap 42 Safety not used 43 Safety guard malfunction 20 Press
failure 17 Accidental trip 10 (Totals include 5 with more than one cause) |
1998 (116) |
47/52 Air 2 Hyd 6 NS 9 |
Barrier 37 2 Hand 37 Pullout 22 PSD 9 Tool 3* |
Foot 51 2 hand 52 Man 2 Auto 3 NS 8 |
Amp 110* Crush 24 Fracture 12 Laceration 10 Pinch/Bruise 6 NS 2 |
36/55 Auto 6 NS 19 |
58/35 NS 19 |
Accidental trip HID to get stuck part 40 Safety not used 28 Press malfunction 15 By passed safety 13 Unknown 4 Other (part struck operator, second operator tripped initiation, not job assignment) 6 |
1999 (104) |
44/44 Air 5 NS 7
Dir 4 |
Barrier
41 2 Hand 28 Pullouts
23
None 2 PSD 10 |
2 hand 41
Foot 50 NS 9
Auto 4
|
Amp 104* Crush 20 Fracture
10 Laceration 15 |
31/27 Auto 6 NS
40 |
60/31 NS 13 |
Accidental trip HID 61 Safety not used
31 Safety malfunction 2
Injured on feed 1 Repeat of press 9 |
2000
(109) |
46/45
NS 17
DD 1 |
2
Hand 35 Pullout 28 Barrier 27 PSD 10 Switch 2 Lockout 1 None 6 |
Foot
48
2 Hand 42 Auto 3 PSD 2
NS 14 |
Amp.
116*
Crush 17
Fractures 15
Lacerations 8
Struck by 1
NS 3 |
43/40
NS 26 |
62/26
NS 21 |
Accidental
trip HID 40
Safety Not used 34
By passed safety 16
Repeat of press 8
Safeguard failure or not adjusted 7
Brake failure 2
Cause unknown 2 |
NS: not specified
Full/Part: revolution of power press
DD: direct drive
Safety Device: barrier guard, pullout or pullback device, 2 hand control button, presence sensing device (PSD)
Initiation: foot pedal, 2 hand control buttons, automatic
Injury: */1 Amputation of finger(s) (calculated by finger, i.e. tip = 1, hand = 5), crush,
fracture, laceration, pinch
In/Out: Hands in the die or out of the die operations
M/F: male/female operator
Cause: accidental tripping of foot pedal or hand control, failure or repeat of press,
no safeguard in use (*/2 More than one cause or safety device)
MOST FREQUENT CAUSE OF INJURY IS ACCIDENTAL TRIP WHILE HANDS ARE IN DIE.
771 Fingers are missing since August of 1994
A request has been made to identify
the states the reports are received from, the following is a list of the
states: OH-28, WI-11, IL-10, MO-6, PA-6, TX-5, NY-4, NJ-4, TN-3, CT-3, RI, ALA, NE,
GA, and MS all had 2. NC, OK, SC, AR, MD, MI, KS, IN and FLA all had one
injury report.
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