# Amputations at Gesell's Pump Sales and Service, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019033091` · 3/25/2019 · WHITTINGTON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(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:** Gesell's Pump Sales and Service, Inc.
- **Location:** Picking & Chanult Well #2, WHITTINGTON, ILLINOIS, 62897
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was guiding an oil rig elevator while rods were being pulled. His right hand was pinned between the elevator and a rod and was amputated.

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