# Amputations at J & M Energy Services
> OSHA SIR `2016043433` · 4/25/2016 · ANDREWS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Fasteners, connectors, ropes, ties, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** J & M Energy Services
- **Location:** Pulling  Unit, Rig #129, WT4 Well #71, Andrews County, ANDREWS, TEXAS, 79714
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were setting up pipe slips and the well-head ring needed to be centered. The injured employee was attempting to center the ring on the bottom of the flange. When the well flange came down, it caught his right pinky finger and smashed it at the joint. The finger was surgically amputated.

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