# Amputations at Lowe's Home Centers, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023043249` · 4/12/2023 · SARATOGA SPRINGS, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
- **Source:** Gates
- **Secondary source:** High winds, gusts, turbulence
## Employer
- **Name:** Lowe's Home Centers, Inc.
- **Location:** 10 Lowes Drive, SARATOGA SPRINGS, NEW YORK, 12866
- **NAICS:** 444110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was closing a gate when the wind slammed the gate closed on the their left little finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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