# Amputations at Primoris Aevenia Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016099175` · 9/29/2016 · NAPOLEON, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Drilling machines, drilling augers
## Employer
- **Name:** Primoris Aevenia Inc.
- **Location:** Approximately six miles west of Napoleon, NAPOLEON, NORTH DAKOTA, 58561
- **NAICS:** 221121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing an auger on a digger derrick. As he slid the kelly bar down into the sleeve, the bar/sleeve amputated his fingertip.

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