# Amputations at Orbit Advanced Technologies, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20211110280` · 11/30/2021 · TROY, ALABAMA
## 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:** Orbit Advanced Technologies, Inc.
- **Location:** 550 Martin Marietta Drive, TROY, ALABAMA, 36081
- **NAICS:** 236210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a screwdriver to adjust a door's self-closing mechanism. The employee lost their grip on the screwdriver and their hand became caught in the door's threshold as the door closed. The employee's left index finger was crushed and partially amputated.

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