Amputations

Name: Amputations at Wisconsin Public Service
Start: 7/30/2019

1 amputation · 2019077784 · 7/30/2019 · Wisconsin Public Service

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Collision between water vehicle and object
Source: Water vehicle, unspecified
Secondary source: Gates

Employer

Name: Wisconsin Public Service
Location: 306 S Park Street, MERRILL, WISCONSIN, 54452
NAICS: 221111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was in a boat traveling back to a dam when the boat passed through an opened gate. The boat became caught on the gate and tipped over. The employee went underneath the water and suffered an amputation to 1/4 inch of the distal joint of the left ring finger.

Source

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