# Amputations at Messer Petroleum Equipment
> OSHA SIR `2015063428` · 6/4/2015 · SOUTH PORTLAND, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Jacks
## Employer
- **Name:** Messer Petroleum Equipment
- **Location:** 159 Cash Street, SOUTH PORTLAND, MAINE, 04106
- **NAICS:** 484220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing a suspension spring on a rig. He had to insert a pin in the spring as he let out the jack. His fingertip got caught.

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