Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at HOME DEPOT
Start: 11/16/2018

1 hospitalization · 20181111839 · 11/16/2018 · HOME DEPOT

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Head, unspecified
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
Source: Step ladders
Secondary source: Floor, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: HOME DEPOT
Location: 1951 S. GLENWOOD STREET, ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 18103
NAICS: 444110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was on the second from the top step of a 9-foot step ladder reaching into a bay when he fell to the floor between the ladder and adjacent racking. He suffered a head laceration, requiring staples.

Source

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