# Amputations at Global Pressure
> OSHA SIR `2016099268` · 9/30/2016 · MINDEN, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Environmental and elemental conditions, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Global Pressure
- **Location:** 14909 Highway 80, MINDEN, LOUISIANA, 71055
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pressure testing oil and gas equipment. As the employee was removing the tube/pipe, high-pressure air and water released and amputated the employee's left-hand digits.

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