# Amputations at AgReserves, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023043636` · 4/24/2023 · SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
## 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:** Cattle and other bovines
## Employer
- **Name:** AgReserves, Inc.
- **Location:** 79 South Main Street, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, 84111
- **NAICS:** 112112
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was sorting cows for processing. The employee had just grabbed a metal gate to shut it when a cow bumped into the gate. The employee's right middle finger was crushed between the gate handle and the channel iron on the post. The fingertip (including about 3 millimeters of bone) was medically amputated.

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