Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Name: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Lowes Home Centers
Start: 3/12/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015031164 · 3/12/2015 · Lowes Home Centers

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Ankle(s)
Nature of injury: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event: Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
Source: Washers, dryers, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Lowes Home Centers
Location: 9854 Kenwood Rd., CINCINNATI, OHIO, 45242
NAICS: 444130
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was removing a washer/dryer combo from an apartment and bringing it down the stairs. The unit slipped and landed on the employee's right ankle, requiring surgery.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown