# Amputations at Patterson-UTI Drilling Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019044047` · 4/20/2019 · BLANCHARD, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Handtools-power not determined, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Patterson-UTI Drilling Company, LLC
- **Location:** Rig 237, BLANCHARD, OKLAHOMA, 73010
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a mud pump skid, on his hands and knees, searching for a pin that had fallen. A tool fell onto the employee's right little fingertip, amputating the tip.

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