# Amputations at PumpCo Energy Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015107710` · 10/15/2015 · GONZALES, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Tires, except bike
- **Secondary source:** Wheels, tire rims
## Employer
- **Name:** PumpCo Energy Services, Inc.
- **Location:** Baker Deforest 8H, GONZALES, TEXAS, 78629
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was putting air into a tire and having trouble getting the tire bead to seal. The employee put a rag in between the rim and tire to assist the seal. When the employee went to remove the rag, the tire sealed and caught his right index finger, amputating the fingertip.

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