# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Lowe's
> OSHA SIR `2025055011` · 5/27/2025 · AKRON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed between running equipment and other object(s)
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
- **Secondary source:** Trusses, girders, beams structurally attached
## Employer
- **Name:** Lowe's
- **Location:** 186 North Cleveland Massillon Road, AKRON, OHIO, 44333
- **NAICS:** 453998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a manlift (order picker) to collect items for delivery. They were raising the work platform when their left middle finger was crushed between the overhead cage of the lift and the ceiling trusses. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

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