# Amputations at Pro Petro Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171110770` · 11/8/2017 · KNOTT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Pro Petro Services, Inc.
- **Location:** Surge Energy, Elrod Antell 11-02 #AH, KNOTT, TEXAS, 79748
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing housekeeping when he went to pick up a plunger at a frac site. The plunger then slipped and amputated his middle fingertip. Impact gloves were not worn at the time of the incident.

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