# Amputations at Watson and Sons Construction, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20181010625` · 10/15/2018 · CARTHAGE, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
- **Source:** Doors, except garage and vehicle
## Employer
- **Name:** Watson and Sons Construction, LLC
- **Location:** 212 W Central Ave, CARTHAGE, MISSOURI, 64836
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee and a foreman were removing a steel walkway door when the door closed on the employee's finger, smashing it and causing a soft tissue amputation under the fingernail (fingernail still attached).

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