# Amputations at WW DRILLING, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20181111543` · 11/8/2018 · WAKEENEY, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** WW DRILLING, LLC
- **Location:** 233 4TH ST, WAKEENEY, KANSAS, 67672
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking by a lower pulley that had a wire rope running through two large pulleys when he slipped and grabbed the wire rope to keep himself from falling. His fingers were then pulled into the rotating pulley, resulting in the partial amputation of three fingers.

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