# Amputations at North Star Logistics LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022076136` · 7/14/2022 · WATFORD CITY, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** North Star Logistics LLC
- **Location:** 47 56'00.7"N, WATFORD CITY, NORTH DAKOTA, 58854
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 14, 2022, an employee was removing tongs from a tubing puller near a well site. The tongs were removed and the pulley was raised while the employee's hand was in a pinch point between a wire cable and a block. The employee suffered a thumb amputation.

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