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Amputations

1 amputation · 2020098605 · 9/10/2020 · Swingen Construction Company

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Lower leg(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Source
Beams-unattached metal
Secondary source
Cranes, unspecified

Employer

Name
Swingen Construction Company
Location
West of Ramkota Hotel, PIERRE, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57501
NAICS
237990
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was directing crane operations. Other employees were welding an H-beam together for the ring beam. The apparatus used to twist the 30-foot H-beam failed and the beam fell off the fixture onto the employee's right leg. The leg was crushed below the knee resulting in a surgical amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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