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Amputations

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
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