# Amputations at Home Depot, Store #0149
> OSHA SIR `2016043115` · 4/14/2016 · ALPHARETTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Gates
- **Secondary source:** Walls
## Employer
- **Name:** Home Depot, Store #0149
- **Location:** 5300 Windward Parkway, ALPHARETTA, GEORGIA, 30004
- **NAICS:** 453998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee tried to open a gate while on a forklift truck when his finger was pinched between the gate and a concrete wall. The distal phalange on his right ring finger was amputated.

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