Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221451040

317730288 - LOWE'S HOME CENTERS LLC

Event
Falling Object, Head, Struck By
NAICS
444110
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345877633
Employer profile
317730288 - LOWE'S HOME CENTERS LLC
Summary number
221451040
Report ID
1054112

Event description

Employee is killed when struck by shower enclosure

Investigation abstract

At 8:00 p.m. on March 30, 2022, an employee working in a Lowes warehouse was doing internet fulfillment orders. He was moving a shower enclosure, which fell and hit him on the head. The employee went to the hospital two days later and ended up needing neurosurgery. He died on April 4, 2022.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 63 M

    Event type
    6
    Occupation code
    877

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