Amputations

Name: Amputations at Granite Construction, Inc.
Start: 7/11/2019

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2019077003 · 7/11/2019 · Granite Construction, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Toes(s), toenail(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Source: Building materials-solid elements, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name: Granite Construction, Inc.
Location: 120th & Federal Blvd., BROOMFIELD, COLORADO, 80021
NAICS: 237110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Employees were working to re-line sewer lines with a fiberglass liner. The employees had cut out a piece of fiberglass liner and were pulling it up using a forklift and rope when the piece caught on the manhole rim. The rope was severed and the piece fell and struck an employee, who was in the manhole, on the left foot amputating the middle toe.

Source

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