# Amputations at Nine Energy Services Cementing Division
> OSHA SIR `2015041924` · 4/11/2015 · FOWLERTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Caps, lids, covers, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Overhead hoists-pneumatic powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Nine Energy Services Cementing Division
- **Location:** Off Hwy 97 & Cameron Ranch Rd., FOWLERTON, TEXAS, 78021
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing cementing operations on a drilling rig. While using an air hoist to hoist a cement plug over a pipe, his thumb got caught between the "wing" of the plug and the plug itself. He sustained an amputation to the left-hand thumb up to the knuckle.

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