# Amputations at U.S. Dept of Justice
> OSHA SIR `20231110894` · 11/28/2023 · BUTNER, NORTH CAROLINA
## 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:** High winds, gusts, turbulence
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Dept of Justice
- **Location:** Federal Correctional Complex, BUTNER, NORTH CAROLINA, 27509
- **NAICS:** 922140
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was allowing a contractor through the pedestrian gate/door when the wind caught the chain link gate and caused it to swing closed. The employee's right ring finger was pinched in the lock/latch resulting in an amputation to the fingertip above the bone.

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