Amputations

Name: Amputations at GEORGIA POWER
Start: 10/12/2016

1 amputation · 2016109617 · 10/12/2016 · GEORGIA POWER

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
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: GEORGIA POWER
Location: Right-a-way, BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA, 39817
NAICS: 221122
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was in a bucket truck with a jib (rope and pulley system). The employee was using the pulley system to pull up an insulator. While trying to pull up the insulator, the employee's hand was caught between the rope and the pulley resulting in a left index fingertip amputation.

Source

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