# Amputations at Home Depot
> OSHA SIR `2016053651` · 5/1/2016 · YORK, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Home Depot
- **Location:** 2905 E. Market Street, YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, 17402
- **NAICS:** 444110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was grabbing a box from the overhead rack and stumbled down the ladder. His pinky finger was caught in the racking system and amputated.

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