# Amputations at Adams Affiliates, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171211737` · 12/11/2017 · MASTERSON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Adams Affiliates, Inc.
- **Location:** Adams Affiliates, Inc--Thompson 2-59 Well site, MASTERSON, TEXAS, 79058
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking tags on rods and moving a rod clamp when a suitcase, which held the rods, slipped. The employee's left thumb/index and pinky fingers were caught and smashed between the clamp and bridle. The employee suffered amputations to half of the index finger and the pinky fingertip.

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