Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
105,991Records 71,450Employers 85,836Hospitalizations 27,959Amputations 2015-01-01 2025-11-30

OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221407406

TRACTOR SUPPLY COMPANY

Event
Amputated, Amputation, Blade, Knife, Partial Amputation, Retail, Retail Clerk, Retail Store, Struck By, Thumb
NAICS
444220
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#345613566
Employer profile
TRACTOR SUPPLY COMPANY
Summary number
221407406
Report ID
0552652

Event description

Employee's thumb is partially amputated by box cutter

Investigation abstract

At 10:00 a.m. on October 20, 2021, an employee was working for a nationwide chain of retail outlets that operated nurseries and garden centers and sold farm supplies. She was working as a supervisor, proprietor, or sales worker. She was opening boxes with a box cutter. The box cutter struck her thumb. Her thumb was partially amputated. She was treated without hospitalization.

Victim

  1. #1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 51 F

    Event type
    1
    Occupation code
    243

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