# Amputations at Rocker A Well Service, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017021324` · 2/9/2017 · SPUR, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Rocker A Well Service, Inc.
- **Location:** Shalk on Jones #2 Rig 24, SPUR, TEXAS, 79370
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to run a sand line down a hole when the line stopped. The stopping motion threw a loop in the line. When the employee attempted to grab the line, it dropped down the hole and amputated three of his right-hand fingers.

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