# Amputations at Ensign Well Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023076176` · 7/12/2023 · LA SALLE, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
- **Secondary source:** Overhead hoists, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Ensign Well Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 24020 WCR 46, LA SALLE, COLORADO, 80645
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a metal pipe with a hydraulic hoist when the winch came down faster than expected. This caused the pipe to fall and as the employee went to catch it, his finger was pinched. The employee's right index finger was partially amputated.

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