Amputations

Name: Amputations at Wisconsin Electric Power Company
Start: 12/8/2021

1 amputation · 20211210539 · 12/8/2021 · Wisconsin Electric Power Company

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
Source: Turning handtools-powered, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Wisconsin Electric Power Company
Location: 231 West Michigan Avenue, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, 53203
NAICS: 221112
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a pneumatic torque wrench to rotate a bearing bolt on a bucket truck when the wrench slipped and the employee's finger was caught between the lever and a steel pedestal, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Source

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