OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221397961

COVANTA DADE RENEWABLE ENERGY, LLC

MIAMI, FL· 2021-10-01T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Cable, Caught In, Crane, Crane Operator, Drum, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Instantaneous amputation, Leg, Partial Amputation, Thigh, Traumatic Amputation
NAICS: 562998
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345559256
Employer profile: COVANTA DADE RENEWABLE ENERGY, LLC
Summary number: 221397961
Report ID: 0418800

Event description

Employee amputates leg after fall and caught in crane cable

Investigation 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.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 51 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
7013

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