# Amputations at Norton Energy Drilling
> OSHA SIR `2023075906` · 7/3/2023 · SEMINOLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Norton Energy Drilling
- **Location:** Rig #2 County Road 208, SEMINOLE, TEXAS, 79360
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting a crew with rigging down when his right index and middle fingers were crushed between the gripper and the top drive resulting in the amputation of the employee's right index finger.

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