# Amputations at TRINIDAD DRILLING
> OSHA SIR `2016031921` · 3/3/2016 · MIDLAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** TRINIDAD DRILLING
- **Location:** Rig 124 Maralo 41-32 Allocatio 3200 B14, MIDLAND, TEXAS, 79701
- **NAICS:** 211111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to line up two pin holes when the pipes came together and amputated the first two left-hand fingertips.

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