# Amputations at Halliburton Energy Services - Jet Research Center
> OSHA SIR `2019044056` · 4/22/2019 · ALVARADO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Halliburton Energy Services - Jet Research Center
- **Location:** 8432 S. Interstate 35 West, ALVARADO, TEXAS, 76009
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee placed his right hand on a stack of pipes to stabilize himself to step up onto a platform. The piece of pipe slipped and rolled, pinching his right pinky finger between two pieces of pipe. His fingertip was amputated between the nail and first joint.

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