# Amputations involving bone loss at Rapad Well Service Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024076472` · 7/17/2024 · LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Rig tongs, power tongs
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Rapad Well Service Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 1309 Hillcrest Dr, LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI, 39440
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was working on the drill floor assisting to repair the oil well. The employee was using hydraulic-operated tongs when a piece inside the tongs came loose. The employee was fixing it when the lever that powers the tool was hit and the hydraulic tongs crushed his left ring finger, resulting in an amputation above the second joint.

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