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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2016043115 · 4/14/2016 · Home Depot, Store #0149

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Gates
Secondary source
Walls

Employer

Name
Home Depot, Store #0149
Location
5300 Windward Parkway, ALPHARETTA, GEORGIA, 30004
NAICS
453998
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee tried to open a gate while on a forklift truck when his finger was pinched between the gate and a concrete wall. The distal phalange on his right ring finger was amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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