# Amputations at Diversified Gas & Oil Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2021076197` · 7/27/2021 · BRENTON, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Diversified Gas & Oil Corporation
- **Location:** Off Laurel Creek Road, BRENTON, WEST VIRGINIA, 24818
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee raised a well pump jack and placed the top and bottom rod clamps on the lifting rod. The bottom rod clamp slipped, causing the well pump jack to lower and amputate the employee's left thumb.

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