# Amputations at Express Energy Services
> OSHA SIR `2018087959` · 8/4/2018 · FORT STOCKTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Express Energy Services
- **Location:** Savana Rig 643, FORT STOCKTON, TEXAS, 79735
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working with tongues on the drilling floor when his hand entered a pinch point and the tongues caught his ring finger, resulting in an amputation at the first joint.

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