# Amputations at Pumpco Energy Services
> OSHA SIR `2017032690` · 3/23/2017 · RANKIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Pumpco Energy Services
- **Location:** Hazel 5301-1H, RANKIN, TEXAS, 79778
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had changed the packing on a frac pump and was preparing to install the plunger when the plunger slipped and smashed his finger against the corner of the fluid end, amputating a portion of his left pinky.

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