# Amputations at U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Granger Lake Office
> OSHA SIR `2023098880` · 9/26/2023 · TAYLOR, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Granger Lake Office
- **Location:** Pfluger 209 West 2nd Street, TAYLOR, TEXAS, 76574
- **NAICS:** 928110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was closing the tailgate/loading ramp of a 16-foot utility trailer and lining up the locking pin and hole when a bystander came over to help. As the bystander pulled the gate closed, the employee's left middle fingertip was caught in the tailgate, resulting in a fracture and broken skin. The finger was medically amputated at the knuckle.

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