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Amputations involving bone loss

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2025032701 · 3/21/2025 · Dakota Electric Service, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
Source
Other material and personnel handling machinery n.e.c.
Secondary source
Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name
Dakota Electric Service, Inc.
Location
2200 Stokke Parkway, MENOMONIE, WISCONSIN, 54751
NAICS
238210
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

On March 21, 2025, at approximately 10:15 AM, an employee was removing an electrical feeder wire from rigid conduit using a tugger/puller. One end of a rope was attached to the wire being pulled and the other end was wound around a powered capstan (cylinder/spindle). While pulling the wire, the employee's gloved right hand became caught in the rope and was pulled into the capstan, crushing their forearm. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to their right radius and ulna, as well as the amputation of their little finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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