# Amputations at Unit Drilling Company
> OSHA SIR `2017088364` · 8/7/2017 · MANDAREE, NORTH DAKOTA
## 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:** Unit Drilling Company
- **Location:** MHA 5-06-01H-149-92, MANDAREE, NORTH DAKOTA, 58757
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's left index finger was caught and crushed between an elevating latch and a pipe stump on a drilling rig, requiring amputation.

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