Home Depot U.S.A., Inc.

Contact with non-running objects or equipment unspecified — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified — BLOOMFIELD, NEW JERSEY

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. in BLOOMFIELD, NEW JERSEY
Employer Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. Report ID 2025054501
Address 60 Orange Street City, State ZIP BLOOMFIELD, NEW JERSEY 07003
Event Date May 13, 2025 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified Body Part Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Event Type Contact with non-running objects or equipment unspecified Source of Injury Lawn mower walk behind
Secondary Source Source, secondary source unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 444110 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 40.78000, -74.19000

Incident Narrative

An employee was helping a customer remove a lawn mower from the back of a vehicle. The employee suffered an amputation to their middle fingertip, caused by the lawn mower blades.

Incident Summary

On May 13, 2025, a worker at Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. in BLOOMFIELD, NEW JERSEY suffered amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified to the finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s). The incident was classified as contact with non-running objects or equipment unspecified, with lawn mower walk behind identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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