# Amputations at Hiland Crude LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021086609` · 8/6/2021 · WILLISTON, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** Hiland Crude LLC
- **Location:** Highway 1804 and 126th Avenue NW, WILLISTON, NORTH DAKOTA, 58801
- **NAICS:** 486110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was draining down and isolating piping. While he was trying to remove debris from a 1-inch vent valve, liquid started to gurgle up into the valve. He closed the valve with his right hand to prevent a release, and it closed on his left index finger. He suffered a partial amputation to the finger.

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