# Cuts, lacerations at Basic Energy Services
> OSHA SIR `2019088168` · 8/8/2019 · KERMIT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Basic Energy Services
- **Location:** Oil Well Site, KERMIT, TEXAS, 79745
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating tongs when the tongs lacerated the employee's right thumb.

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