# Amputations at Home Depot
> OSHA SIR `2016054352` · 5/18/2016 · ATLANTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
- **Source:** Gates
## Employer
- **Name:** Home Depot
- **Location:** 2450 Cumberland Pkwy, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30339
- **NAICS:** 444110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were closing the garden gates. When the gate closed, one of the employee's left index finger was pinched and lacerated. The employee then had surgery for a partial amputation of the top joint of the left index finger.

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