# Amputations at Aries Well Service Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019088499` · 8/17/2019 · RANKIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Aries Well Service Inc.
- **Location:** Apache Powell Lease Webber 47 #4, RANKIN, TEXAS, 79778
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee of Aries Wells Service was visually and physically inspecting a tubing line. He glove got stuck on the line and his right index finger was pulled into the drum, which pinched it, removing skin. He was hospitalized and the finger was medically amputated.

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