# Amputations at S&C Electric Company
> OSHA SIR `2015118228` · 11/2/2015 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
- **Source:** Doors, except garage and vehicle
## Employer
- **Name:** S&C Electric Company
- **Location:** 6601 N. Ridge Blvd., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60626
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was approaching  the doors that go into the lunchroom/cafeteria area. Somebody had just come through the doors. As the doors were closing he grabbed the edge of the door trying to catch it before it closed. The doors caught the end of his pinky finger and amputated it.

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