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Amputations involving bone loss

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2024043678 · 4/27/2024 · Lowes Home Improvement LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Other finger(s) n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Amputations involving bone loss

Cause

Event
Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning
Source
Fences
Secondary source
Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name
Lowes Home Improvement LLC
Location
20364 Plantations Road, LEWES, DELAWARE, 19958
NAICS
444110
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was manually operating the garden center's perimeter garden gate when his right index finger became caught in the fence. The employee was hospitalized and the top portion of his right index finger was amputated. Further surgery will be required.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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