# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Lowe's Home Improvement
> OSHA SIR `2024075903` · 7/1/2024 · LIVINGSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object dropped by person
- **Source:** Sheets, panels  wood, plywood, MDF
- **Secondary source:** Workers engaging in team lift
## Employer
- **Name:** Lowe's Home Improvement
- **Location:** 120 US 59 Loop South, LIVINGSTON, TEXAS, 77351
- **NAICS:** 444130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were pulling a 4-foot x 6-foot piece of lumber from a shelf when the piece of lumber fell to the ground. The lumber fell one of the employee's hands, resulting in a partial amputation to her ring fingertip.

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