Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at GEORGIA POWER, Right-a-way , BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA 39817
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was in a bucket truck with a jib (rope and pulley system). The employee was using the pulley system to pull up an insulator. While trying to pull up the insulator, the employee's hand was caught between the rope and the pulley resulting in a left index fingertip amputation.
AmputationFingertip(s)Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
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