# Amputations at Cory Miller
> OSHA SIR `2022031910` · 3/1/2022 · WINNSBORO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Drilling machines, drilling augers
## Employer
- **Name:** Cory Miller
- **Location:** 7355 East SH 154, WINNSBORO, TEXAS, 75494
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 1, 2022, an employee was working on a water well drilling rig. At about 9:15 a.m., during a coupling, the employee's right-hand fingertips were caught in drill slips. The employee suffered partial amputations to the middle and ring fingers.

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