# Amputations at Helmerich & Payne, IDC
> OSHA SIR `2023065206` · 6/13/2023 · MENTONE, TEXAS
## 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:** Helmerich & Payne, IDC
- **Location:** Rig 267, MENTONE, TEXAS, 79754
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in a hole using tongs to torque an electrical connection when his left little finger got caught between the latch and the head of the tong, resulting in a partial finger amputation.

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