# Amputations at Beaird Drilling Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023087538` · 8/17/2023 · FENTRESS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Wire, cables-nonelectrical
- **Secondary source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Beaird Drilling Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 13235 State Park Road, FENTRESS, TEXAS, 78622
- **NAICS:** 238190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee went to move a cable that was caught on the drilling rig when the cable snapped and struck him in the hard hat, knocking him against the rig. The force from the snapping cable amputated his little fingertip.

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