# Amputations at Murfin Drilling Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015052563` · 5/4/2015 · COLBY, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
## Employer
- **Name:** Murfin Drilling Inc.
- **Location:** 675 East College Drive, COLBY, KANSAS, 67701
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Drilling pipe was being rolled off of a truck onto the rack. The pipe kicked back as it reached the bottom, catching an employee's right thumb between the pipe and the stack of pipes. The employee sustained an amputation to half of his thumb tip.

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