# Amputations at K & K Supply
> OSHA SIR `2016076777` · 7/26/2016 · LUBBOCK, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Band saws
## Employer
- **Name:** K & K Supply
- **Location:** 4717 US-84, LUBBOCK, TEXAS, 79416
- **NAICS:** 327120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting parts on a band saw and cleaning shavings from the machine when his left hand was caught in the blade, amputating the pinky finger and partially amputating the ring finger. The machine was unguarded and the blade was turning at the time of the incident.

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