# Amputations at Lowes Companies, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181212684` · 12/11/2018 · MIAMI, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Lowes Companies, Inc.
- **Location:** 9191 SW 137th Ave, MIAMI, FLORIDA, 33186
- **NAICS:** 444110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on an order picker, moving a pallet from a rack to the order picker, when his right little finger was caught between the pallet and the order picker. The fingertip was amputated.

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