# Amputations at Cowboy Crane Service
> OSHA SIR `20191011397` · 10/15/2019 · WATFORD CITY, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Cowboy Crane Service
- **Location:** Satter 44x-34 NWH, WATFORD CITY, NORTH DAKOTA, 58854
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a pumping unit at a well site. The employee was measuring a rod with a tape measurer when the rod slipped through the safety clamps. The employee's fingers were crushed between the rod clamp and load cell, resulting in amputations of the right index and left ring fingers.

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