Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at Lowe's Home Centers, LLC
Start: 9/28/2019

1 hospitalization · 20190910161 · 9/28/2019 · Lowe's Home Centers, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Arm(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
Source: Box cutters and razor knives

Employer

Name: Lowe's Home Centers, LLC
Location: 400 Bedford Street, ABINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02351
NAICS: 444110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

While cutting a cardboard box with a safety knife on the receiving dock, an employee cut his left arm. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery for a severed artery.

Source

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