# Amputations at Helmerich & Payne Drilling
> OSHA SIR `2017042982` · 4/2/2017 · LINDSAY, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Helmerich & Payne Drilling
- **Location:** Hwy 76 South Eastern County Rd. 1520, LINDSAY, OKLAHOMA, 73052
- **NAICS:** 211111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing rig-down operations for an oil drilling rig when a large cylinder fell and crushed the employee's right leg below the knee resulting in amputation.

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