# Amputations at Boelens Well Service
> OSHA SIR `2016021817` · 2/26/2016 · WALDEN, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Boelens Well Service
- **Location:** Well Site MUTUAL4-30H, WALDEN, COLORADO, 80480
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee experienced an amputation of the left pinky finger while guiding a rod out of a well. The rod was sticky and grabbed the employee's gloved left hand and spun it counterclockwise resulting in the amputation of the pinky finger and dislocation of the ring and middle fingers.

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