# Amputations at Tulane University
> OSHA SIR `2021021310` · 2/12/2021 · NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
- **Source:** Gates
- **Secondary source:** High winds, gusts, turbulence
## Employer
- **Name:** Tulane University
- **Location:** 6833 St. Charles Ave., NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, 70118
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was closing a metal gate when the wind threw the gate closed and severed the tip of the employee's left middle finger.

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