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Covanta Dade Renewable Energy, LLC

Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified — Amputations — MIAMI, FLORIDA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Covanta Dade Renewable Energy, LLC in MIAMI, FLORIDA
Employer Covanta Dade Renewable Energy, LLC Report ID 2021108506
Address Resource Recovery Facility - Covanta Miami-Dade, 6990 NW 97th Avenue City, State ZIP MIAMI, FLORIDA 33178
Event Date October 1, 2021 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Leg(s), unspecified
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified Source of Injury Cranes, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 562998 Inspection # 1555925
GPS Coordinates 25.85000, -80.38000

Incident Narrative

A crane operator was resetting a limit switch on an overhead crane. A cable and/or drum caught the operator's left leg, causing the operator to fall about 10 feet from the crane bridge. The employee's leg got entangled in the crane cables resulting in amputation of their left leg at the thigh. The employee was hospitalized.

Incident Summary

On October 1, 2021, a worker at Covanta Dade Renewable Energy, LLC in MIAMI, FLORIDA suffered amputations to the leg(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified, with cranes, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

Context

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