# Amputations at Murfin Drilling Co. Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021109197` · 10/25/2021 · SCOTT CITY, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Murfin Drilling Co. Inc.
- **Location:** 18 Miles N of Garden City, SCOTT CITY, KANSAS, 67871
- **NAICS:** 211111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to dig up a swivel. While they were getting ready to add the thread protector, the wire broke on the boom line and sliced the tip of the employee's right middle finger, pinching it against the bellhousing on the swivel and resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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