# Amputations at Hole Specialist Inc
> OSHA SIR `2016032656` · 3/30/2016 · TOMBALL, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Drilling machines, drilling augers
## Employer
- **Name:** Hole Specialist Inc
- **Location:** 27950 Commercial Park, TOMBALL, TEXAS, 77375
- **NAICS:** 333999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting up a deep hole drilling machine (honing machine) when the oil pressure head disengaged. The head struck the employee's right hand, amputating his right thumb and right index finger. He was hospitalized.

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