# Amputations at KW Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017065680` · 6/21/2017 · EAST BERNARD, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** KW Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 150 CR 291, EAST BERNARD, TEXAS, 77435
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was putting away his tools when the toolbox lid closed on his left pinky finger resulting in amputation.

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