# Amputations at Basin Drilling, LP
> OSHA SIR `2021031932` · 3/3/2021 · KEITHVILLE, LOUISIANA
## 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:** Basin Drilling, LP
- **Location:** Basin Rig 103- Baremore 11H #1, KEITHVILLE, LOUISIANA, 71047
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping push a landing joint onto a catwalk trough at the v-door on a rig floor. The employee's right middle and ring fingers were caught between the locking ring and landing joint. The employee suffered a fracture to the middle fingertip and an amputation to the ring fingertip at the nail.

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