Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at U.S. Engineering Service, LLC
Start: 3/23/2025

1 amputation · 2025032736 · 3/23/2025 · U.S. Engineering Service, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Thumb(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations involving bone loss

Cause

Event: Struck by suspended or swinging objects n.e.c.
Source: Wire, cables nonelectrified
Secondary source: Cranes unspecified

Employer

Name: U.S. Engineering Service, LLC
Location: 11000 East 45th Ave, DENVER, COLORADO, 80239
NAICS: 238220
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Employees were using a crane to move pieces of an air handler off a roof. They were lowering a sand wheel with the crane. When the sand wheel touched the ground, the injured employee went to stabilize it. The steel cable used to rig the sand wheel moved and caught his thumb, causing an amputation.

Source

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