# Amputations at Atlas Production Service, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019044381` · 4/30/2019 · PECOS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
- **Secondary source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Atlas Production Service, LLC
- **Location:** Rogers 6 Unit 4 WA, PECOS, TEXAS, 79772
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A crew was in the process of tripping pipe back into the well bore. The elevator failed to latch properly allowing the pipe to fall approximately 4 feet back down to the matting board. The stand of pipe bounced off the matting board and struck an employee who was working on the ground on the right foot resulting in amputation of the fifth metatarsal.

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