# Amputations at Patterson-UTI Drilling Company LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022098102` · 9/13/2022 · CARTHAGE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Chains, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Patterson-UTI Drilling Company LLC
- **Location:** Rig 561, CARTHAGE, TEXAS, 75633
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to untangle a chain from the trough of a catwalk. A winch was connected to the chain. The winch activated and the employee's hand became caught between the edge of the catwalk trough and the hook from the winch, amputating the employee's finger and thumb.

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