# Amputations at Rick's Well Service
> OSHA SIR `2022109543` · 10/31/2022 · WINK, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Handtools-power not determined, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Rick's Well Service
- **Location:** Hutchings-Sealy #4, WINK, TEXAS, 79789
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A crew was servicing a well. The injured employee was using a manual backup tool to hold a pipe while it was pulled from a well to be put into an x-ray machine. The pipe slipped and the employee's finger was caught between the tool and the x-ray machine, causing the left ring fingertip to be crushed and amputated.

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