# Amputations at Luera's Welding Service, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019011101` · 1/30/2019 · FALLS CITY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Luera's Welding Service, Inc.
- **Location:** Survey, S.A.J. MAYS, Abstract 212, FALLS CITY, TEXAS, 78113
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 30, 2019, two employees were attempting to remove a nut from the bolt of a blow-out preventer (BOP) stack with a torque-n-test. The BOP stack was lifting 1-2" with the pick up line connected to the block when the rigging shifted and came down on one of the employee's left index finger severing it at the second knuckle.

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