# Amputations at Laredo Petroleum, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021075934` · 7/20/2021 · GARDEN CITY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Laredo Petroleum, Inc.
- **Location:** 31.913154, GARDEN CITY, TEXAS, 79739
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on a load cell. Their right hand was on an RPM sensor of rotating weights when the pump jack cycled on, resulting in amputation of three fingertips on the employee's right hand.

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