# Amputations at Blue Knight Energy Partners LP
> OSHA SIR `2017076763` · 7/20/2017 · LUBBOCK, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Blue Knight Energy Partners LP
- **Location:** 1611 Marshall Street, LUBBOCK, TEXAS, 79403
- **NAICS:** 324121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading items from a forklift when his right hand was caught in the lifting mechanism, amputating the first digit of his index finger.

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