# Amputations at William Thomas Phillips, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2022032417` · 3/17/2022 · PECOS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** William Thomas Phillips, Inc
- **Location:** Tall City H&P 653, PECOS, TEXAS, 79772
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pulling tongs onto a pipe. As he placed his hand on the tong door handle, the door caught his right hand against the pipe. His middle and ring fingertips were amputated.

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