# Amputations at Creston Energy Group
> OSHA SIR `20231211031` · 12/3/2023 · ORLA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** Creston Energy Group
- **Location:** Chevron Sunnyside State 2 Pad, ORLA, TEXAS, 79770
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a light tower so it could be hitched to a truck. He grabbed the tongue of the trailer hitch on the light tower to slide it to the left. The tongue jack fell off, causing the light tower tongue to drop on the employee's right hand. The employee's middle fingertip was amputated.

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