Amputations

Name: Amputations at SPX Transformer Solutions, Inc.
Start: 8/16/2020

1 amputation · 2020087734 · 8/16/2020 · SPX Transformer Solutions, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container

Employer

Name: SPX Transformer Solutions, Inc.
Location: 400 South Prairie Avenue, WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN, 53186
NAICS: 335311
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee had attached crane rigging to a transformer coil and was adjusting an outrigger block. The crane activated and the employee's left thumb was caught between the crane block and the rigging. The thumb tip was amputated.

Source

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