# Amputations at Basic Energy Services
> OSHA SIR `2019044131` · 4/23/2019 · OMEGA, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Basic Energy Services
- **Location:** Oil Well Site, OMEGA, OKLAHOMA, 73764
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to change tong heads when the tongs activated and amputated his left thumb.

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