# Amputations at South Carlton Operating Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20191111789` · 11/12/2019 · JACKSON, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** South Carlton Operating Company, LLC
- **Location:** South Carlton Oil Field Alabama, JACKSON, ALABAMA, 36545
- **NAICS:** 211111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was involved in lifting a pipe out of a double service well rig and taking apart the slip bowl assembly. The operator had attached the lift sub to bring the pipe up when the threads failed, causing the pipe to come back down and amputate four of the fingers on the employee's left hand.

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