# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Hurricane Air & Swabbing Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20241010101` · 10/30/2024 · BRIGGSDALE, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Rig tongs, power tongs
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Hurricane Air & Swabbing Services, LLC
- **Location:** County Rd 86, BRIGGSDALE, COLORADO, 80611
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were tripping pipe out of a well. The injured employee was using the power tongs to loosen the pipe connection. After flipping the cover, the injured employee's fingers were caught in a pinch point on the tongs resulting in amputations to their left middle and ring fingers.

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