# Amputations involving bone loss at Action Gypsum Supply
> OSHA SIR `2024021106` · 2/5/2024 · LUBBOCK, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Agitators, mixers earth, mineral
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Action Gypsum Supply
- **Location:** 1201 East 50th Street, LUBBOCK, TEXAS, 79404
- **NAICS:** 444190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a mixing machine. While tightening the chuck/mixer/rotating part, the employee's right hand was caught in the mixer and their little finger was amputated below the first knuckle.

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