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Service Electric Company

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation — Amputations — CHULUOTA, FLORIDA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Service Electric Company in CHULUOTA, FLORIDA
Employer Service Electric Company Report ID 2021075604
Address 2500 Brumley Rd City, State ZIP CHULUOTA, FLORIDA 32766
Event Date July 9, 2021 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation Source of Injury Bucket, front-end, end, and pay loaders
Industry (NAICS) 237130 Inspection # 1541461
GPS Coordinates 28.66000, -81.07000

Incident Narrative

The employee was rigging a towing strap to a front-end loader to tow a truck out of the mud and onto matting. The front-end loader moved while the employee's thumb was between the vertical drop pin and the tow bar of the front-end loader, resulting in a partial thumb tip amputation.

Incident Summary

On July 9, 2021, a worker at Service Electric Company in CHULUOTA, FLORIDA suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation, with bucket, front-end, end, and pay loaders identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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