# Amputations at Permian Services Co. LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017032565` · 3/21/2017 · STERLING CITY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Fasteners, connectors, ropes, ties, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Permian Services Co. LLC
- **Location:** Barbie B-6A, STERLING CITY, TEXAS, 76951
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was nippling up a blowout preventer when the cable holding a flange broke and the flange fell onto the employee's left hand, amputating the left index finger distal phalanges.

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