# Amputations at North Star Well Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021098326` · 9/27/2021 · CHESTER, OKLAHOMA
## 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:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** North Star Well Services, Inc.
- **Location:** Sondra 81-H lease, CHESTER, OKLAHOMA, 73838
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to loosen a horsehead that was being removed via rigging from a pump. The employee's left hand was caught in a pinch point, resulting in amputations of the third and fourth fingers and a nailbed laceration on the second finger.

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