# Amputations at Patterson-UTI Drilling Company LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019032269` · 3/1/2019 · TROUT RUN, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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:** Patterson-UTI Drilling Company LLC
- **Location:** Rig 339, TROUT RUN, PENNSYLVANIA, 17771
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 1, 2019, at approximately 10:30 PM, workers were attempting to rig down the gull wings of a catwalk. While removing the pins that were holding the gull wings in position, a worker's middle fingers were in holes at the bottom of the gull wings. When the pins were removed, the gull wings swung together and amputated the tips of his middle fingers below the first knuckles.

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