# Amputations at Precision Drilling Company Rig #565
> OSHA SIR `2017088429` · 8/31/2017 · MENTONE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Precision Drilling Company Rig #565
- **Location:** Johnson 54-2-26-LOV W Unit 2H, MENTONE, TEXAS, 79754
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing a saver sub, using a sling around a grabber box, when the rating tag on the sling was pinched under the grabber box. The employee was using a wrench to try and pry out the rating tag when the grabber box fell and caught the employee's fingers, amputating the first digit of the right middle finger.

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