# Amputations at Redback Energy Services
> OSHA SIR `2015086256` · 8/30/2015 · KINGFISHER, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
- **Secondary source:** Metal pipes, tubing
## Employer
- **Name:** Redback Energy Services
- **Location:** Well site, KINGFISHER, OKLAHOMA, 73750
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on an oil drilling rig. While attaching a check valve to a vertical pup joint, the employee's right index finger was pinched between the two parts, amputating the fingertip.

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