# Amputations at El Paso V Enterprises
> OSHA SIR `20221110326` · 11/26/2022 · EL PASO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
- **Source:** Doors, except garage and vehicle
- **Secondary source:** High winds, gusts, turbulence
## Employer
- **Name:** El Paso V Enterprises
- **Location:** 11608 Scott Simpson Drive, EL PASO, TEXAS, 79936
- **NAICS:** 623110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was taking trash to an exit door. The door had been propped open with a feather duster when the wind blew it shut on her fingers. Her right middle fingertip was amputated.

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