# Amputations at Precision Drilling, LP
> OSHA SIR `2019021918` · 2/20/2019 · TILDEN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Precision Drilling, LP
- **Location:** From Tilden Tx drive east on Hwy 71 for 6.5 miles to Hwy 99. Turn left 11.7 miles, turn left on, TILDEN, TEXAS, 78072
- **NAICS:** 211111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing to nipple down a blowout preventer. The fingers on his left hand were caught between a metal door and the latch; the middle and ring fingers were amputated at the first joint.

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