Amputations

Name: Amputations at Entergy
Start: 3/14/2017

1 amputation · 2017032357 · 3/14/2017 · Entergy

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Utility and telephone poles
Secondary source: Chains, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Entergy
Location: Caile Rd, Catfish Ponds, ISOLA, MISSISSIPPI, 38754
NAICS: 221122
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Employees were setting up utility poles using a boom truck. They were using choker chains to hold the pole and set it. The chain rolled and the pole caught the injured employee's left ring finger resulting in amputation of the finger.

Source

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