Amputations

Name: Amputations at The Home Depot
Start: 6/1/2021

1 amputation · 2021064455 · 6/1/2021 · The Home Depot

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
Source: Mowing machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: The Home Depot
Location: 180 Westridge Parkway, Suite, 300, MCDONOUGH, GEORGIA, 30253
NAICS: 811411
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was repairing a battery-powered lawnmower . As the employee lifted the mower to look underneath, the mower energized. The blades struck the employee's left hand resulting in the amputation of the middle, ring, and pinky fingers.

Source

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