# Fractures at FORD MOTOR COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2022054215` · 5/14/2022 · KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
- **Source:** Gates
## Employer
- **Name:** FORD MOTOR COMPANY
- **Location:** 8121 NE 69 Hwy, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, 64119
- **NAICS:** 336111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A carrier had faulted out while going through a gate switch and the gate closed on it. The injured employee was helping to push the carrier back through the gate. When the carrier was clear, the gate closed on the employee's finger, causing a crushing injury with an exposed fracture.

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