# Amputations at Inspection Oilfield Services
> OSHA SIR `2017032520` · 3/18/2017 · LEMING, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Wrenches-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Inspection Oilfield Services
- **Location:** 6266 FM 1470, LEMING, TEXAS, 78050
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to position a pipe on the swage unit using an F wrench style tool. When the employee was applying force to the tool, it slipped off of the pipe and the employee struck his hand on the metal table runner. The employee's hand was pinched between the tool and the table runner resulting in partial amputation of the right middle finger.

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