# Amputations at LOWE'S HOME CENTERS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2020043154` · 4/7/2020 · VALDOSTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Engine parts and accessories, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** LOWE'S HOME CENTERS, INC.
- **Location:** 1550 COMMERCE DR., VALDOSTA, GEORGIA, 31601
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At 1:40 p.m. on April 7, 2020, two employees were replacing a 150-pound drive unit on a forklift. The drive unit shifted and fell onto one employee's left index finger, pinning it against a nearby floor jack. The finger was amputated above the nailbed.

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