# Amputations at Crescent Engery Services
> OSHA SIR `2015020241` · 2/13/2015 · BELLE CHASSE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
- **Secondary source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Crescent Engery Services
- **Location:** 1304 Engineers Road, BELLE CHASSE, LOUISIANA, 70037
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee put a valve into the hole of an oil well as part of the process to plug the well. Pressure built up behind the valve causing it to explode out of the hole. One of the employee's legs was severely injured and is being medically amputated.

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