# Amputations at Texas CES, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015074326` · 7/5/2015 · WHITSETT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Derricks and related equipment
## Employer
- **Name:** Texas CES, Inc.
- **Location:** Statoil location, WHITSETT, TEXAS, 78075
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were rigging down the workover rig at about 11:30 a.m., on July 5, when an employee's right thumb and first finger were caught between the derrick tip section and stop plate. The employee's thumb had to be surgically amputated.

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