# Amputations at McVay Drilling Co.
> OSHA SIR `2022032816` · 3/29/2022 · RANKIN, 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:** McVay Drilling Co.
- **Location:** Magneto G 1003HA, RANKIN, TEXAS, 79778
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was bringing up pipe from down-hole. The employee's left ring finger was caught between the tongs where the employee was working and the arm of the tongs on the opposite side. The fingertip was amputated.

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