Amputations

Name: Amputations at Lowes Companies, Inc.
Start: 12/11/2018

1 amputation · 20181212684 · 12/11/2018 · Lowes Companies, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Skids, pallets
Secondary source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name: Lowes Companies, Inc.
Location: 9191 SW 137th Ave, MIAMI, FLORIDA, 33186
NAICS: 444110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was on an order picker, moving a pallet from a rack to the order picker, when his right little finger was caught between the pallet and the order picker. The fingertip was amputated.

Source

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