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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation · 2024075903 · 7/1/2024 · Lowe's Home Improvement

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Cause

Event
Struck by object dropped by person
Source
Sheets, panels wood, plywood, MDF
Secondary source
Workers engaging in team lift

Employer

Name
Lowe's Home Improvement
Location
120 US 59 Loop South, LIVINGSTON, TEXAS, 77351
NAICS
444130
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

Two employees were pulling a 4-foot x 6-foot piece of lumber from a shelf when the piece of lumber fell to the ground. The lumber fell one of the employee's hands, resulting in a partial amputation to her ring fingertip.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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