Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Name: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified at Home Depot U.S.A., Inc.
Start: 8/14/2025

1 amputation · 2025088058 · 8/14/2025 · Home Depot U.S.A., Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Other finger(s) n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Cause

Event: Compressed between running equipment and other object(s)
Source: Hoists, lifts scissor, telescoping
Secondary source: Shelves, shelving, racks

Employer

Name: Home Depot U.S.A., Inc.
Location: 3550 William Penn Hwy, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, 15235
NAICS: 444110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was raising an electric ladder to retrieve merchandise from overhead racking. As it rose, the railing of the machine caught his right middle finger against the bottom of the high bay netting supports, causing an amputation just below the fingernail.

Source

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