Amputations

Name: Amputations at DACON ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING
Start: 12/4/2019

1 amputation · 20191212463 · 12/4/2019 · DACON ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Drums, pulleys, sheaves

Employer

Name: DACON ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING
Location: 3500 Houston River Road, WESTLAKE, LOUISIANA, 70669
NAICS: 238210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee and a coworker were spooling up a steel cable on a winch line when the employee's hand was caught between the sheave and the cable, resulting in the surgical amputation of the right index finger and surgical repair of the third digit.

Source

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