# Amputations at GEO, LAWTON CORRECTIONAL FACILITY
> OSHA SIR `2018077712` · 7/30/2018 · LAWTON, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** GEO, LAWTON CORRECTIONAL FACILITY
- **Location:** 8607 SE FLOWER MOUND ROAD, LAWTON, OKLAHOMA, 73501
- **NAICS:** 561210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was retrieving his radio from a sewage grinding pit when the grinder crushed the tip of his little finger, causing an amputation.

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