# Amputations at KLX Energy Service
> OSHA SIR `2016053865` · 5/6/2016 · BOSSIER CITY, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
## Employer
- **Name:** KLX Energy Service
- **Location:** 4907 Shed Rd., BOSSIER CITY, LOUISIANA, 71111
- **NAICS:** 333132
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was moving a piece of equipment from a wooden pallet to a storage rack. The sphere tool (250-300 lb. steel pipe) slipped. The employee tried to catch it and got his finger caught between the sphere tool and the rack. The right ring finger was amputated.

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