# Amputations at Halliburton Energy Services
> OSHA SIR `2015010296` · 1/8/2015 · VICTORIA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Tools, instruments, and equipment, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Halliburton Energy Services
- **Location:** 101 Holt Road, VICTORIA, TEXAS, 77905
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 8, 2015 at 10:15pm, an employee was cleaning/unclogging an automatic in-line cement powder sampler.  He used his finger to verify there was no longer a clog and the sampler actuated amputating the tip of the third finger on the employee's left hand.

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