# Amputations involving bone loss at North Country Oil
> OSHA SIR `2024010135` · 1/6/2024 · PARSHALL, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Entangled in non-running object
- **Source:** Drums, pulleys, sheaves
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** North Country Oil
- **Location:** TERRES 144-97-18B-19-1H WELL SITE, PARSHALL, NORTH DAKOTA, 58770
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 6, 2024, an employee was making a swivel connection involving a winch line. As the joint was being tightened, the threads became sticky. The employee was shaking the winch line to loosen it when the bridle caught on the line and wrapped around his finger. His middle finger was amputated past the fingernail and before the first knuckle.

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