Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments

Name: Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at Home Depot USA
Start: 2/19/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017021628 · 2/19/2017 · Home Depot USA

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Ankle(s)
Nature of injury: Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
Source: Wheelbarrow

Employer

Name: Home Depot USA
Location: 1100 Lumpkin Rd, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77043
NAICS: 444110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was picking up a pallet when a nearby wheelbarrow tipped over and struck the employee's right ankle severing the Achilles tendon. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

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