# Amputations at WTG Jameson, LP
> OSHA SIR `2018021827` · 2/22/2018 · BRONTE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** WTG Jameson, LP
- **Location:** 209 NE Railroad, BRONTE, TEXAS, 76933
- **NAICS:** 221210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to blow down a pipeline pigging receiver chamber to load the pig when the chamber door swung open under pressure and hit the employee's right hand and knee. The employee's right middle finger was amputated.

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