# Avulsions, enucleations at American Electric Power Company
> OSHA SIR `2015108125` · 10/30/2015 · LAREDO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
- **Source:** Gates
## Employer
- **Name:** American Electric Power Company
- **Location:** 1520 Calton Road, LAREDO, TEXAS, 78044
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a gate from a fence at a substation in preparation for large equipment transfer. The employee sustained an avulsion injury to the right middle finger when it was pinched by the latch on the gate.

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