# Amputations at Lowe Electric Supply Company
> OSHA SIR `20191011358` · 10/31/2019 · LAGRANGE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Lowe Electric Supply Company
- **Location:** 105 Lukken Industrial West, LAGRANGE, GEORGIA, 30240
- **NAICS:** 327113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sliding a fork extension onto forklift forks when the fork extension slipped from his grip and his left hand was caught between the fork extension and the forklift forks, resulting in an amputation to the left middle digit.

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