# Amputations at Big Lots #5246
> OSHA SIR `2023065505` · 6/21/2023 · WILMINGTON, DELAWARE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
## Employer
- **Name:** Big Lots #5246
- **Location:** 4325 Governor Printz Blvd, WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, 19802
- **NAICS:** 453998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading a delivery truck. They were lowering a manual dock plate onto the rear of the truck when the plate fell and crushed their left hand. The employee's left index and middle fingers were partially amputated and reattached at the hospital.

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