Amputations

Name: Amputations at County Materials
Start: 6/2/2016

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2016064889 · 6/2/2016 · County Materials

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container

Employer

Name: County Materials
Location: 1104 E. L T Townline Road, JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN, 53546
NAICS: 327331
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was tarping a bridge beam and was holding the cable of the shuttle lift's lifting mechanism. When the lift operator lifted the beam, the employee's hand was pinched where the cable entered the pulley, amputating three right-hand fingertips.

Source

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