# Amputations at Basic Energy Services
> OSHA SIR `2015118264` · 11/3/2015 · CHICKASHA, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
- **Secondary source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Basic Energy Services
- **Location:** NMU # 838, CHICKASHA, OKLAHOMA, 73018
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee removed a blow out preventer (BOP) from a well head. The BOP was suspended by the rig.  While suspended, the BOP started rotating catching the employee's left ring fingertip between the BOP and the stationary well head resulting in amputation.

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