# Amputations at EOWS Midland Company
> OSHA SIR `2018088774` · 8/24/2018 · GARDEN CITY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** EOWS Midland Company
- **Location:** Riley 3705  Apache Corporation location, GARDEN CITY, TEXAS, 79739
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was aligning/guiding a workover rig onto a well-head using a spacing cable when his left ring finger was caught between the spacing cable and the rod blowout preventer, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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