# Amputations at GENERAL MOTORS
> OSHA SIR `2016032315` · 3/16/2016 · WENTZVILLE, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Automobile
## Employer
- **Name:** GENERAL MOTORS
- **Location:** 1500 East Route A, WENTZVILLE, MISSOURI, 63385
- **NAICS:** 336211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was opening and closing the doors of vehicles when her right index finger was smashed by a door. Her fingertip was surgically amputated.

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