Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Name: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified at Crane Service, Inc.
Start: 7/12/2024

1 amputation · 2024076318 · 7/12/2024 · Crane Service, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Cause

Event: Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source: Cranes other mobile cranes
Secondary source: Drums, pulleys, sheaves

Employer

Name: Crane Service, Inc.
Location: Boone County near Petersburg, PETERSBURG, NEBRASKA, 68652
NAICS: 333923
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

During disassembly of a lattice boom crawler crane, an employee was guiding wire rope back to the drum through the sheaves. The wire rope pulled the employee's right hand into the sheave and his middle and ring fingers were caught between the wire rope and the sheave. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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