# Amputations at Permian Services LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017054090` · 5/4/2017 · MIDLAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Permian Services LLC
- **Location:** Pecan Acres 22A3 Well #10SH, MIDLAND, TEXAS, 79706
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was laying down pipe. His left hand was on the pipe elevator. When the elevator opened, it pinched his left ring finger. His left ring fingertip had to be surgically amputated.

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