# Amputations at Latshaw Drilling and Exploration, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015064044` · 6/24/2015 · KENT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Latshaw Drilling and Exploration, LLC
- **Location:** HWY 285 1 mile S. of state line, 12.5 miles West, KENT, TEXAS, 79855
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was handling pipe on the drilling rig. His right ring finger got caught between the thread protector and pipe collar.

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