# Amputations at Patterson-UTI Drilling Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021021383` · 2/15/2021 · LACEYVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Barrels, drums-except pressurized
## Employer
- **Name:** Patterson-UTI Drilling Company, LLC
- **Location:** 264 Pig Barn Road, LACEYVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 18623
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was handling a 55-gallon drum of material on the floor. His right middle finger was pinched between the drum top and a hard piece of metal. The fingertip was amputated.

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