# Amputations at THE GEO GROUP - LAWTON CORRECTIONAL FACILITY
> OSHA SIR `2018022032` · 2/28/2018 · LAWTON, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
- **Source:** Gates
## Employer
- **Name:** THE GEO GROUP - LAWTON CORRECTIONAL FACILITY
- **Location:** 8607 SE FLOWER MOUND ROAD, LAWTON, OKLAHOMA, 73501
- **NAICS:** 922140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking to a control gate to retrieve an inmate for transport. The employee's hand was in the fencing of the sliding steel control gate. When the gate opened, it severed the employee's right pinky fingertip.

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