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Capital Overhead Door

Other fall to lower level, unspecified — Amputations — SEWARD, NEBRASKA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Capital Overhead Door in SEWARD, NEBRASKA
Employer Capital Overhead Door Report ID 2017054238
Address 604 Graham Park Dr City, State ZIP SEWARD, NEBRASKA 68434
Event Date May 10, 2017 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Other fall to lower level, unspecified Source of Injury Movable ladders, unspecified
Secondary Source Garage doors
Industry (NAICS) 238350 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 40.92000, -97.10000

Incident Narrative

An employee was on a ladder, removing a vice grip from a garage door to open it. When the vice grip came off, the door rolled open and knocked him off the ladder. His right thumb was pinched and amputated between the door and the track.

Incident Summary

On May 10, 2017, a worker at Capital Overhead Door in SEWARD, NEBRASKA suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as other fall to lower level, unspecified, with movable ladders, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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