# Amputations at Sunset Well Service, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021119635` · 11/8/2021 · MIDLAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Sunset Well Service, Inc.
- **Location:** Wellsite, Lynch Jeme 47 No. 5, MIDLAND, TEXAS, 79712
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on rig tongs. The rig tongs became energized and pinched the employee's gloved hand, and their left ring finger was amputated at the first knuckle.

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