MIDLAND, TEXAS—
TRC Services of Texas INC
Contact incidents unspecified · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
Final narrative
An employee was sorting sucker rods. His right hand was caught in the area where the rod hits up against the frame and his index fingertip was amputated just below the nail.
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