# Amputations at Skeeter Boats, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191010533` · 10/8/2019 · KILGORE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Drills-stationary
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Skeeter Boats, Inc.
- **Location:** 1 Skeeter St., KILGORE, TEXAS, 75662
- **NAICS:** 336612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was tapping out a hole at the back of a boat being built, using an angle drill, a socket, and a tap. The employee's gloved left hand was pulled into the rotating tap, resulting in the partial amputation of the thumb.

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