Contact incidents unspecified · Amputations involving bone loss
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Leware Construction Company of Florida, Inc, I75 highway over Manatee River, FL, ELLENTON, FLORIDA 34222
on — Amputations involving bone loss, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was assisting with replacing a cable on a boom hoist. He was working near a bridle, to assist the cable through the horizontal sheaves, when his gloved left little finger was caught between the cable and a vertical sheave, resulting in amputation.
Amputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Hoists, lifts overhead, cable
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