Amputations

Name: Amputations at GEORGIA POWER
Start: 1/22/2018

1 amputation · 2018010696 · 1/22/2018 · GEORGIA POWER

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Cranes, unspecified

Employer

Name: GEORGIA POWER
Location: 317 Covered Bridge Rd, CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, 30120
NAICS: 221122
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was acting as a spotter as another employee was operating a portable crane to remove a bag house filter. His hand was holding the top part of the hoist's load cable when it reeled in his left index finger, pinching it and resulting in a surgical amputation.

Source

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