# Amputations at Flemming Energy Solutions
> OSHA SIR `2018088770` · 8/24/2018 · PECOS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Flemming Energy Solutions
- **Location:** Cimarex Lease Livingston 2-12 C 3H & B 2H, PECOS, TEXAS, 79772
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A flowback operator was cutting a hole in a 55-gallon poly drum. The knife closed on his left little finger, cutting it. He was hospitalized; the finger was amputated.

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