Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

Name: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Home Depot
Start: 11/11/2024

1 hospitalization · 20241110518 · 11/11/2024 · Home Depot

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Pedestrian struck by vehicle or object propelled by another vehicle in nonroadway area
Source: Pallet jack riding
Secondary source: Furnaces, heaters

Employer

Name: Home Depot
Location: RLC # 8616, MCDONOUGH, GEORGIA, 30253
NAICS: 444110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was talking with a supervisor when she was struck by a water heater that fell off a pallet on a passing electric pallet jack. The water heater struck her in the left calf, causing a partial laceration to a tendon that required surgery.

Source

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