Fractures

Name: Fractures at Lowe's Home Improvement
Start: 8/29/2023

1 hospitalization · 2023087975 · 8/29/2023 · Lowe's Home Improvement

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Pelvis
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Skids, pallets
Secondary source: Containers-variable restraint, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Lowe's Home Improvement
Location: 90 Price Parkway, FARMINGDALE, NEW YORK, 11735
NAICS: 453998
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was retrieving a 10-foot PVC pipe in the bullpen where material is stored. The employee cut one of the straps securing PVC pipes on a pallet at the bottom of a stack of pallets. Other pallets that were stacked on top then fell on the employee. The employee suffered a fractured pelvis and other injuries.

Source

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