# Amputations at Patterson-UTI Drilling Company LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023109131` · 10/3/2023 · STONEWALL, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
- **Secondary source:** Catwalks
## Employer
- **Name:** Patterson-UTI Drilling Company LLC
- **Location:** Rig 570, STONEWALL, LOUISIANA, 71078
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a thread protector off the end of an alloy when the alloy shifted and pinched their finger between it and the catwalk. The employee sustained an open fracture of the left index finger and a fingertip amputation.

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