# Amputations at Basic Energy Services
> OSHA SIR `2019043838` · 4/15/2019 · GARDEN CITY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Basic Energy Services
- **Location:** Flamingo 1, GARDEN CITY, TEXAS, 79739
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was conducting well-servicing operations. He was attempting to guide a rotating rod away from a winch line when the spinning rod, which was covered in paraffin, caught his gloved left hand, amputating the pinky finger near the knuckle.

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