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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation · 2025032564 · 3/18/2025 · Gudenkauf Corporation

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 other falling object n.e.c.
Source
Wire, cables nonelectrified
Secondary source
Towers, poles unspecified

Employer

Name
Gudenkauf Corporation
Location
124 Indigo Bunting, BERKELEY SPRINGS, WEST VIRGINIA, 25411
NAICS
238210
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was working in bucket truck performing telecommunication maintenance. While the employee was tightening a lashing wire span, the strand slipped from the support clamp. The falling strand caused the lashing wire to sever the end of employee's left index fingertip, resulting in a partial amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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