CLEWISTON, FLORIDA·
Hypower, LLC
Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Amputations involving bone loss
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Hypower, LLC, Josie Billie Hwy & S. Horseshoe Rd., CLEWISTON, FLORIDA 33440 on , Amputations involving bone loss, affecting the finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was pulling inner duct from one handhole to another. The shackle on a winch cable contacted the cable sheave's roller block. The employee released tension on the winch cable and lifted the cable to guide the shackle over the lip of the handhole. As he re-engaged the winch, his left index fingertip became caught between components in the winch's retrieval wheel. The fingertip was amputated between the last knuckle and the nail.
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