# Amputations at Davis Chemical Services, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2020010353` · 1/13/2020 · SHELBYVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Davis Chemical Services, LLC.
- **Location:** Highway 417 remote location, SHELBYVILLE, TEXAS, 75973
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working with others on top of a derrick to drill a pipe into the ground. He placed his hands on the pipe to steady it and his fingertips were caught between the collar and elevator, resulting in middle and ring fingertip amputations.

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