# Amputations at Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co.
> OSHA SIR `2019022096` · 2/25/2019 · GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co.
- **Location:** 2360 G Road, GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO, 81505
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was guiding the first joint of casing into a conductor in a cellar area. A centralizer (secured around a pipe) was pushed through the rotary table. The centralizer slid down the pipe and caught the employee's left ring finger against the collar on the casing. The employee's left ring fingertip was amputated.

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