# Amputations at Basic Energy Services
> OSHA SIR `2020032253` · 3/9/2020 · PECOS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Basic Energy Services
- **Location:** Pecos Bill State #10H, PECOS, TEXAS, 79772
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A well service floor hand was connecting pipe to a power swivel. The employee's left thumb was caught and crushed between the tubing elevators and a lifting cable. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing a surgical amputation to the thumb.

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