Frostbite

Name: Frostbite at Lowe's Home Centers, LLC
Start: 4/11/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019043736 · 4/11/2019 · Lowe's Home Centers, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Frostbite

Cause

Event: Contact with cold objects or substances
Source: Propane
Secondary source: Propane tanks and cylinders

Employer

Name: Lowe's Home Centers, LLC
Location: Lowe's Georgia Regional Distribution Center #0962, VALDOSTA, GEORGIA, 31601
NAICS: 493190
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was connecting a propane tank to a sweeper/scrubber machine. The tank began to leak and the employee's right hand was frostbitten by the gas. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

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