# Amputations at GOLDEN NUGGET LAKE CHARLES, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020021063` · 2/1/2020 · LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Toes(s), toenail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** GOLDEN NUGGET LAKE CHARLES, LLC
- **Location:** 2550 Golden Nugget Blvd, LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA, 70601
- **NAICS:** 721120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading concert equipment using an automatic loader. The garage door on a ramp would not open; while the employee was trying to open it automatically, the automatic loader slipped, catching his right foot between the ramp and the I-beam underneath the garage door. His right second toe was medically amputated.

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