Amputations

Name: Amputations at ADB Companies, Inc.
Start: 5/3/2022

1 amputation · 2022053798 · 5/3/2022 · ADB Companies, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
Source: Power lines, transformers, convertors
Secondary source: Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck

Employer

Name: ADB Companies, Inc.
Location: 103 Kings Way, NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS, 78132
NAICS: 237130
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was in the bucket of a bucket truck, working to install messenger wire. The bucket put pressure on an existing communications cable, which snapped and amputated the tip of the employee's left thumb.

Source

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