# Amputations at Reach Wireline LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018055181` · 5/26/2018 · NEW MARTINSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA
## 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:** Tools, instruments, and equipment, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Reach Wireline LLC
- **Location:** 60 Farm Road, NEW MARTINSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA, 26155
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attaching a wireline tool to a metal dolly after the tool had been lifted out of a well hole. The tool shifted on the dolly. The employee's right thumb was pinched between the tool and the dolly, and the end of the thumb was cut off above the first knuckle.

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