# Amputations at Cherne
> OSHA SIR `2015108116` · 10/30/2015 · MARTINEZ, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Cherne
- **Location:** 150 Solano Way, MARTINEZ, CALIFORNIA, 94553
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was removing excess grease lube from a boom drum on the derrick with a putty knife and got his right hand fingers caught in the rotating metal gears. His right index finger was amputated and the right middle, ring and pinky fingers were crushed.

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