# Frostbite at Lowe's Home Centers, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019043736` · 4/11/2019 · VALDOSTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Frostbite
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with cold objects or substances
- **Source:** Propane
- **Secondary source:** Propane tanks and cylinders
## Employer
- **Name:** Lowe's Home Centers, LLC
- **Location:** Lowe's Georgia Regional Distribution Center #0962, VALDOSTA, GEORGIA, 31601
- **NAICS:** 493190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was connecting a propane tank to a sweeper/scrubber machine. The tank began to leak and the employee's right hand was frostbitten by the gas. The employee was hospitalized.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*