# Amputations at SPECTRUM BRANDS CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2019021991` · 2/22/2019 · BRIDGETON, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
- **Source:** Gates
## Employer
- **Name:** SPECTRUM BRANDS CORPORATION
- **Location:** 13260 Corporate Exchange Drive, BRIDGETON, MISSOURI, 63044
- **NAICS:** 311119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

As a forklift driver was closing a gate, it caught the driver's left thumb against the forklift frame. The thumb was amputated.

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