# Amputations at Ham's Well Service, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016065631` · 6/23/2016 · MOHALL, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Derricks and related equipment
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Ham's Well Service, Inc.
- **Location:** ANNA_V.Rouse, ET_AL1, MOHALL, NORTH DAKOTA, 58761
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a workover rig, transferring rods from the transfer and screwing them in, when his glove/sleeve became snagged on the equipment and was twisted around, amputating his left thumb.

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