# Amputations at K & K Supply
> OSHA SIR `2018010829` · 1/25/2018 · LUBBOCK, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Toes(s), toenail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
## Employer
- **Name:** K & K Supply
- **Location:** 4717 US-84, LUBBOCK, TEXAS, 79416
- **NAICS:** 332996
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a steel plate with a magnet when the plate slipped off the magnet and landed on his right foot's big toe and second toe, amputating the phalanges. Straps were not used at the time of the incident.

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