Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at Minnkota Power Cooperative
Start: 2/26/2025

1 amputation · 2025021859 · 2/26/2025 · Minnkota Power Cooperative

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: Electric parts unspecified
Secondary source: Source, secondary source unspecified

Employer

Name: Minnkota Power Cooperative
Location: 5427 160th Ave NE (In ND with MN address), OSLO, MINNESOTA, 56744
NAICS: 221121
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee was decommissioning a substation. The tower switch was being set down on the ground when the switch blade moved. The employee's finger was crushed and amputated.

Source

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