# Amputations at The Home Depot
> OSHA SIR `2021064455` · 6/1/2021 · MCDONOUGH, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Mowing machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** The Home Depot
- **Location:** 180 Westridge Parkway, Suite, 300, MCDONOUGH, GEORGIA, 30253
- **NAICS:** 811411
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing a battery-powered lawnmower . As the employee lifted the mower to look underneath, the mower energized. The blades struck the employee's left hand resulting in the amputation of the middle, ring, and pinky fingers.

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