Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

Name: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Walmart Supercenter #2141
Start: 9/20/2024

1 hospitalization · 2024098813 · 9/20/2024 · Walmart Supercenter #2141

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), finger(s) unspecified
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

Cause

Event: Struck against stationary object n.e.c.
Source: Scrapers
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: Walmart Supercenter #2141
Location: 1675 South Christopher Columbus Boulevard, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19148
NAICS: 452210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was getting a paper towel on the maintenance cart to wipe his face when a scraper in the maintenance cart cut the back of his left hand. A nerve in the employee's hand was lacerated, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Source

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