# Amputations involving bone loss at GENERAL MOTORS FAIRFAX ASSEMBLY CENTER
> OSHA SIR `20241010034` · 10/29/2024 · KANSAS CITY, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by door, gate, window
- **Source:** Doors  swinging and sliding
- **Secondary source:** High winds, gusts, turbulence
## Employer
- **Name:** GENERAL MOTORS FAIRFAX ASSEMBLY CENTER
- **Location:** 3201 FAIRFAX TRAFFICWAY, KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, 66115
- **NAICS:** 336111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was going through the personnel door at the dock. High winds (27-30 mph) caught the steel door and swung it back toward the employee. The door shut on the employee's right middle finger and they sustained an amputation between the fingertip and the distal knuckle along the nail bed.

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