Amputations

Name: Amputations at Capital Electric Line Builders Incorporated
Start: 12/18/2019

1 amputation · 20191212976 · 12/18/2019 · Capital Electric Line Builders Incorporated

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: Utility and telephone poles
Secondary source: Structural elements, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Capital Electric Line Builders Incorporated
Location: 169 Highway and 470th Road, STANBERRY, MISSOURI, 64489
NAICS: 238210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a skid steer to move a metal pole stand, used to support a wooden electrical pole. The wooden pole slid on the forks of the skid steer and pinched the employee's right little finger against the pole stand. The fingertip was amputated.

Source

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