# Amputations at Ultra Energy Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017021030` · 2/1/2017 · HEREFORD, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Toes(s), toenail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Water
- **Secondary source:** Power washers
## Employer
- **Name:** Ultra Energy Services, LLC
- **Location:** North Wall of Fox Creek 34-1 Pad, HEREFORD, COLORADO, 80732
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was digging a hole in the ground using a high pressure vacuum truck while standing on the edge of the hole.  As he was digging, his foot slipped under the stream causing an injection wound to his left foot that resulted in the amputation of a toe on the left foot.

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