# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Thru Tubing Solutions
> OSHA SIR `2024098909` · 9/24/2024 · OPELOUSAS, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by suspended or swinging objects  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Cranes  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Thru Tubing Solutions
- **Location:** Hwy 182 and Plant Road, OPELOUSAS, LOUISIANA, 70570
- **NAICS:** 486210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was making a grease head connection. He pulled on the sling connected by a crane to balance the grease head. He was stabilizing the 5-1/2  lubricator with his left hand when the lubricator joint slipped into a tight space causing the 4-3/4  grease head to crush his left index finger against the lubricator. The employee's left index fingertip was amputated.

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