# Amputations at K and K Construction and Repair, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020109635` · 10/9/2020 · WEST FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
- **Secondary source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** K and K Construction and Repair, Inc.
- **Location:** 1202 Seventh Avenue NE, WEST FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA, 58078
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a chain hoist to lift an angle hook that had been tack-welded to a metal plate. The weld failed, causing the plate to drop and strike the employee's left hand. Fingers on the left hand were injured and the index finger was partially amputated.

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