Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at The Home Depot, 180 Westridge Parkway, Suite, 300, MCDONOUGH, GEORGIA 30253
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was repairing a battery-powered lawnmower . As the employee lifted the mower to look underneath, the mower energized. The blades struck the employee's left hand resulting in the amputation of the middle, ring, and pinky fingers.
An employee was backing up an electric pallet jack when it struck a yellow guardrail, pinning his ankle between the pallet jack and the guardrail. The employee suffered a crush injury to his left ankle and shin.
An employee was stocking cement boards when a stack of cement boards fell over and crushed them. The employee sustained fractures to their clavicle and ribs, as well as a punctured lung.
An employee was standing on a step ladder to bring a box of duct tape down from about 6-8 feet up. The employee stumbled and fell from the ladder to the floor, striking his head on the concrete and suffering a head injury.
An employee was retrieving a bottle off a shelf while standing on a three-step platform ladder. They missed a step and fell three feet to the concrete floor. The employee sustained bleeding and swelling of the brain.
An employee was spotting for a forklift through the back entrance of the garden center. The injured employee unlocked the iron gate to open it when the hinges fell off the gate and it fell on them, resulting in scratches to their face and fractures to their left elbow and right lower leg.
An employee was operating a strip saw. As the employee shut off the saw, their right index and middle fingertips were amputated by the blade before it came to a complete stop.
An employee was using a table saw to cut a piece of wood for wall framing. The wood jumped, causing the employee's hand to move toward the saw, amputating their left index finger and causing a laceration on their hand.
An employee was operating a trim saw. While trying to free a jammed board she had just cut, she came into contact with the running saw blade, which amputated her right thumb.
An employee was on a roof accessing a component of an HVAC system when they fell off the roof approximately 10 feet onto a brick walkway, resulting in a fractured pelvis.
Two employees were throwing away a toilet in a dumpster. One employee's left middle finger was lodged between the toilet and the dumpster rim, resulting in an amputation of the fingertip.
An employee was helping to lift the grating from a floor draining system when the grating slipped and landed on his hand, resulting in the amputation of his right middle finger at the first joint.
During a workshop meeting in a hotel, an employee heard a drilling noise, so he walked outside to see what it was. An explosion occurred (possible gas line) and his face, ear, and hair were burned. He also fell and sustained a pelvic fracture.
An employee was using a tool to remove a rag from a roll on the tube mill. The roll pulled the tool and the employee's right hand into the roll, resulting in a partial amputation of the little finger and a fracture to the index finger.