# Amputations at Offshore Energy Services
> OSHA SIR `2017054457` · 5/16/2017 · HOUMA, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Tongs-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Offshore Energy Services
- **Location:** 352 Thompson Road, HOUMA, LOUISIANA, 70363
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was doing maintenance on a hydraulic tong. He was using his left index finger to remove water from the top of the tong's ring gear when the machine was activated. The tong began to rotate and pinched his left index finger, partially amputating it.

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