# Amputations at Powerstroke Well Control, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181011173` · 10/30/2018 · MEDORA, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Powerstroke Well Control, Inc.
- **Location:** Roosevelt 23-29-1PH Pad, MEDORA, NORTH DAKOTA, 58645
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hoisting a snubbing unit with his hand on the unit  and got his hand caught between the snubbing unit and the derrick resulting in amputation of the right thumb.

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