# Amputations at Xtreme Drilling & Coil Services
> OSHA SIR `2015031548` · 3/28/2015 · WILLISTON, NORTH DAKOTA
## 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:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
- **Secondary source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Xtreme Drilling & Coil Services
- **Location:** Latitude - 48 degrees and longitude - 103 degrees, WILLISTON, NORTH DAKOTA, 58801
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were connecting a drill pipe. The injured employee suffered a partial amputation to his pinky finger when it got caught between the pipe and tong.

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