# Amputations at York Porter & BelCon Pipeline LLC
> OSHA SIR `20161110623` · 11/11/2016 · CHARLOTTE, 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:** York Porter & BelCon Pipeline LLC
- **Location:** Hwy 16 & FM 140, CHARLOTTE, TEXAS, 78011
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing to install pipe into a bore hole when the pipe began bouncing on cribbing. He put his right hand underneath the pipe, and his right pinky fingertip was pinched and amputated between the pipe and the cribbing.

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