# Amputations at Patterson-UTI Drilling Company LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016098911` · 9/20/2016 · LITTLE MEADOWS, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
- **Secondary source:** Fasteners, connectors, ropes, ties, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Patterson-UTI Drilling Company LLC
- **Location:** 41.983666N 76.077348W, LITTLE MEADOWS, PENNSYLVANIA, 18830
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While tripping pipe on a derrick, an employee's left index finger was pinched between a metal beam and a driller collar, amputating the fingertip.

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