# Amputations at Newman Operating Company
> OSHA SIR `2016054552` · 5/24/2016 · PEARSALL, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Newman Operating Company
- **Location:** 20 miles NW Pearsall, PEARSALL, TEXAS, 78061
- **NAICS:** 211111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While stabilizing and leveling a rig, an employee's hand was caught between the stabilizing jack and the jack stand, amputating his right ring fingertip.

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