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Amputations

1 amputation · 2021075604 · 7/9/2021 · Service Electric Company

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
Bucket, front-end, end, and pay loaders

Employer

Name
Service Electric Company
Location
2500 Brumley Rd, CHULUOTA, FLORIDA, 32766
NAICS
237130
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

The employee was rigging a towing strap to a front-end loader to tow a truck out of the mud and onto matting. The front-end loader moved while the employee's thumb was between the vertical drop pin and the tow bar of the front-end loader, resulting in a partial thumb tip amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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