Amputations

Name: Amputations at The Home Depot
Start: 1/7/2023

1 amputation · 2023010206 · 1/7/2023 · 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: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
Secondary source: Racks-garment and other

Employer

Name: The Home Depot
Location: 16121 N. Dale Mabry Hwy., TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33618
NAICS: 444110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

While elevating themself in a power stocker lift to retrieve product, an employee's right little finger was crushed between the lift and the racking system. The finger was later amputated at the first knuckle.

Source

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