Amputations

Name: Amputations at Woodruff Electric Cooperative Corporation
Start: 4/4/2017

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017043057 · 4/4/2017 · Woodruff Electric Cooperative Corporation

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: Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, n.e.c

Employer

Name: Woodruff Electric Cooperative Corporation
Location: 3201 Highway 1 North, FORREST CITY, ARKANSAS, 72335
NAICS: 221122
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was replacing switches on the outriggers of a digger derrick. After the employee replaced the switches he adjusted the outriggers. The employee placed a bolt in the access hole of the outrigger to adjust it and pulled the lever to raise it. As the outrigger came up, it caught his right middle finger between it and the bolt, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Source

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