Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at Walmart Stores, Inc.
Start: 2/28/2022

1 hospitalization · 2022021868 · 2/28/2022 · Walmart Stores, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), except finger(s)
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
Source: Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Walmart Stores, Inc.
Location: 17961 S. US Highway 441, SUMMERFIELD, FLORIDA, 34491
NAICS: 452111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a pocket knife to cut the zip ties off a package for a customer. The knife slipped and impaled his left hand between the thumb and index finger causing a laceration.

Source

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