Amputations

Name: Amputations at Southwest Louisiana Electric Membership Corporation
Start: 8/29/2022

1 amputation · 2022087684 · 8/29/2022 · Southwest Louisiana Electric Membership Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Utility and telephone poles
Secondary source: Racks-garment and other

Employer

Name: Southwest Louisiana Electric Membership Corporation
Location: 438 Clinton St., KROTZ SPRINGS, LOUISIANA, 70750
NAICS: 221122
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was moving a utility pole that was propped up on a rack. When the employee grabbed the cutout bracket, the pole fell off the rack to the ground. His right middle finger was crushed between the cutout bracket and the cutout, and was amputated.

Source

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