Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 139796.015 - Employee amputates leg after fall and caught in crane cable

Accident Summary Nr: 139796.015 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 10/01/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1555925.015	10/04/2021		562998	Covanta Dade Renewable Energy, Llc

Abstract: At 10: 15 a.m. on October 1, 2021, an employee working as a Crane Operator for a waste management service was resetting the pedal limit switch on an overhead crane. The employee caught his left leg in the cable and/or drum causing him to fall from the crane bridge. The employee amputated his lower leg at the thigh as a result and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Cable, Caught In, Crane, Crane Operator, Drum, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Instantaneous amputation, Leg, Partial Amputation, Thigh, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1555925.015	51	M	Hospitalized injury		Crane Operator

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