# Amputations at Frank's International, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020087675` · 8/13/2020 · LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Frank's International, LLC
- **Location:** 701 E. Verot School Rd., LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA, 70508
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A service technician was tasked with moving equipment. As he was moving a carrier basket from a pallet, the equipment fell and crushed his right index finger. The employee was taken to the hospital where the tip of his right index finger was amputated.

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