Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at Leware Construction Company of Florida, Inc
Start: 1/17/2024

1 amputation · 2024010483 · 1/17/2024 · Leware Construction Company of Florida, Inc

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Other finger(s) n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations involving bone loss

Cause

Event: Contact incidents unspecified
Source: Hoists, lifts overhead, cable
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: Leware Construction Company of Florida, Inc
Location: I75 highway over Manatee River, FL, ELLENTON, FLORIDA, 34222
NAICS: 237310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was assisting with replacing a cable on a boom hoist. He was working near a bridle, to assist the cable through the horizontal sheaves, when his gloved left little finger was caught between the cable and a vertical sheave, resulting in amputation.

Source

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