# Amputations at Cholla Petroleum, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022021399` · 2/14/2022 · SCOTLAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Clamps, couplings
- **Secondary source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Cholla Petroleum, Inc.
- **Location:** Scotland Water Flood Unit #408, SCOTLAND, TEXAS, 76379
- **NAICS:** 211120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was tightening a clamp on a polish rod for an oil well. A bottom clamp slipped and caught his right index finger against the carrier on the bridle of the pump jack. The right index finger was amputated near the middle joint.

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