# Amputations at Deep Well Energy Services
> OSHA SIR `2018032796` · 3/22/2018 · BELL CITY, 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:** Sledges, sledgehammers
## Employer
- **Name:** Deep Well Energy Services
- **Location:** Oil Field, BELL CITY, LOUISIANA, 70630
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting a pin in a boom to connect two sections. When the employee went to hit the pin with a sledgehammer, his hand slipped and the sledgehammer struck his hand, fracturing his finger and resulting in an amputation.

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