# Amputations at Permian Services Co., LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022032551` · 3/22/2022 · BIG SPRING, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Permian Services Co., LLC
- **Location:** Petroleum Well Horton Unit #1-AH, BIG SPRING, TEXAS, 79720
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was tripping out pipe using a workover rig. The blocks were coming down with the elevators and the employee was pulling down on the ears when his left index finger was caught between the ears and the pipe. The finger was amputated.

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