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Alabama Power Company

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — VANCE, ALABAMA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Alabama Power Company in VANCE, ALABAMA
Employer Alabama Power Company Report ID 2016098351
Address Unknown City, State ZIP VANCE, ALABAMA 35490
Event Date September 4, 2016 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
Secondary Source Electric parts, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 221121 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 33.21000, -87.23000

Incident Narrative

An employee was positioning the bucket on an aerial lift when his fingertip was caught between the bucket and a ceramic insulator that was hanging from the pole. He suffered a partial fingertip amputation of the left middle finger (distal phalanx).

Incident Summary

On September 4, 2016, a worker at Alabama Power Company in VANCE, ALABAMA suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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