# Amputations at Magna Energy Services
> OSHA SIR `2015108033` · 10/27/2015 · WILLISTON, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Wrenches-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Magna Energy Services
- **Location:** BILLABONG 2-13-14HBK, WILLISTON, NORTH DAKOTA, 58801
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to break loose a pipe connection with a pipe wrench when his thumb was caught between the pipe and the wrench when the pipe string was lifted. He suffered a soft tissue amputation to the tip of the thumb.

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