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Amputations

1 amputation · 2018054221 · 5/1/2018 · GEORGIA POWER

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Drilling machines, drilling augers
Secondary source
Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck

Employer

Name
GEORGIA POWER
Location
Hwy 85 & Mize Rd., RIVERDALE, GEORGIA, 30274
NAICS
221122
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was aligning an auger with the boom on the back of a utility line truck when his left finger was pinched between the auger and the boom truck, resulting in an amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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