# Amputations at Lowe's Home Improvement Store 671
> OSHA SIR `2020032112` · 3/4/2020 · WASHINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
- **Source:** Gates
## Employer
- **Name:** Lowe's Home Improvement Store 671
- **Location:** 355 Washington Road, WASHINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 15301
- **NAICS:** 453998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was closing the gate to the pipe storage area (bullpen) and caught a finger between the gate stop and the gate resulting in a partial amputation.

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