# Amputations at Capstar Drilling
> OSHA SIR `2018065915` · 6/15/2018 · WILLISTON, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
- **Secondary source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Capstar Drilling
- **Location:** Capstar Rig 314, WILLISTON, NORTH DAKOTA, 58801
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a pipe handler when a drilling pipe was released and struck his right hand, resulting in a pinky finger amputation and fractures to the ring and middle fingers.

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