# Amputations at SPN Wells Service Rigs
> OSHA SIR `2018021126` · 2/2/2018 · GREELEY, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** SPN Wells Service Rigs
- **Location:** WCR 49 and WCR 30, GREELEY, COLORADO, 80631
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to raise the tongs up off the rig floor with a hoist when a safety pin became hung on the floor grating. The employee had his hand on the tongs while trying to see what they were hung up on. At that time, the tongs came free from the floor grating and caught the employee's left pinky finger between the tong body and mid rail resulting in amputation.

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