# Amputations at PumpCo Energy Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017098585` · 9/6/2017 · GILLETT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **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, Inc.
- **Location:** 29.079666, -97.748879, GILLETT, TEXAS, 78111
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was holding the wing side of a swivel connection in place to connect an iron riser to a wellhead when his right pinky finger was caught between the iron riser and the threaded part of the well, amputating it above the nail.

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