# Amputations at UT Health East Texas EMS
> OSHA SIR `2019054586` · 5/6/2019 · TYLER, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Ambulance, police, and other emergency passenger vehicle
## Employer
- **Name:** UT Health East Texas EMS
- **Location:** 800 E. Dawson, TYLER, TEXAS, 75702
- **NAICS:** 621910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee reached into the oxygen compartment to obtain a broom. The ambulance door then closed on her left middle finger and amputated it.

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