# Amputations at Downing Wellhead Equipment, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021075964` · 7/20/2021 · MIDLAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Downing Wellhead Equipment, LLC
- **Location:** 3918 S County Rd 1276, MIDLAND, TEXAS, 79706
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were screwing a running tool into a wellhead assembly. The injured employee's finger was in the wellhead assembly checking alignment when the assembly was manually rotated and the running tool amputated the employee's left index fingertip.

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