# Amputations at The Home Depot
> OSHA SIR `2023010206` · 1/7/2023 · TAMPA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** The Home Depot
- **Location:** 16121 N. Dale Mabry Hwy., TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33618
- **NAICS:** 444110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While elevating themself in a power stocker lift to retrieve product, an employee's right little finger was crushed between the lift and the racking system. The finger was later amputated at the first knuckle.

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