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Home Depot, Store #0149

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — ALPHARETTA, GEORGIA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Home Depot, Store #0149 in ALPHARETTA, GEORGIA
Employer Home Depot, Store #0149 Report ID 2016043115
Address 5300 Windward Parkway City, State ZIP ALPHARETTA, GEORGIA 30004
Event Date April 14, 2016 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Gates
Secondary Source Walls
Industry (NAICS) 453998 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 34.08000, -84.26000

Incident Narrative

An employee tried to open a gate while on a forklift truck when his finger was pinched between the gate and a concrete wall. The distal phalange on his right ring finger was amputated.

Incident Summary

On April 14, 2016, a worker at Home Depot, Store #0149 in ALPHARETTA, GEORGIA suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with gates identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

Context

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