Amputations

Name: Amputations at Altmeyer Electric, Inc.
Start: 1/30/2018

1 amputation · 2018010983 · 1/30/2018 · Altmeyer Electric, Inc.

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: Ladders, unspecified
Secondary source: Scaffolds-staging supported by structure or other means

Employer

Name: Altmeyer Electric, Inc.
Location: 427 West Jackson Street, PORT WASHINGTON, WISCONSIN, 53074
NAICS: 238210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was climbing a ladder to access a hydro-mobile scaffold when the ladder shifted and pinched the employee's finger between the ladder and a scaffold component, causing a fingertip amputation.

Source

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