Amputations

Name: Amputations at Wise Pole Line
Start: 4/27/2015

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2015042361 · 4/27/2015 · Wise Pole Line

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck

Employer

Name: Wise Pole Line
Location: 159 Old Decatur Road, DECATUR, TEXAS, 76234
NAICS: 221119
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Two employees were performing maintenance on a boom truck. As employee one was coming down off the truck he placed his hand into the cradle where the boom rests. Employee two did not see him and started to lower the boom resulting in the amputation of employee one's right middle fingertip.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown