# Amputations at Capstar Drilling, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017021822` · 2/27/2017 · PECOS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Power washers
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Capstar Drilling, Inc.
- **Location:** Rig 133, Reeves County, PECOS, TEXAS, 79772
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pressure washing rig equipment. As the employee was removing the guard to trouble shoot the pressure washer, his gloved hand was pulled into the pulley and belt system resulting in a partial amputation to the right ring and middle fingers.

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