# Amputations at Side Winder Drilling
> OSHA SIR `2015010318` · 1/9/2015 · MIDLAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Slip on substance without fall
- **Source:** Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** Side Winder Drilling
- **Location:** Rig #206, Bodine A, Well #174B, Reagan County, MIDLAND, TEXAS, 79701
- **NAICS:** 211111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On or about January 9, 2015, an employee slipped on ice on the rig floor. He put his right hand out to break his fall. His right index finger was caught between the stump and the Kelly ripping skin off the fingertip. 
The employee was treated an his hand was wrapped in gauze and he returned to work. On or about January 19, 2015, he had surgery and the finger was amputated at the first joint.

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