# Amputations at Lawton Correctional Facility
> OSHA SIR `2023010776` · 1/25/2023 · LAWTON, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
- **Source:** Gates
## Employer
- **Name:** Lawton Correctional Facility
- **Location:** 8607 SE Flower Mound Road, LAWTON, OKLAHOMA, 73501
- **NAICS:** 561210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was speaking with a co-worker when their right ring finger got caught and crushed in a sliding gate, resulting in an amputation above the first knuckle.

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