# Amputations at Home Depot
> OSHA SIR `2018065796` · 6/13/2018 · PORTER, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Elevators, hoists, aerial lifts, personnel platforms-except truck-mounted, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** Home Depot
- **Location:** 23575 US Hwy 59, PORTER, TEXAS, 77365
- **NAICS:** 442299
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a lift to retrieve merchandise from an elevated rack. The employee's left hand struck the rack and his pinky finger was partially amputated. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.

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