Amputations

Name: Amputations at Duke Energy
Start: 10/27/2018

1 amputation · 20181011094 · 10/27/2018 · Duke Energy

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: Overhead hoists, unspecified

Employer

Name: Duke Energy
Location: 139 East Fourth Street, CINCINNATI, OHIO, 45202
NAICS: 221122
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was lowering a valve machine into the cradle using a hoist and got his right index finger caught between the lifting ring and the cradle. The fingertip was amputated.

Source

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