# Amputations at Michels Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2016076775` · 7/25/2016 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## 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:** Michels Corporation
- **Location:** Clark and Addison, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60606
- **NAICS:** 238190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a pin while changing out a bell bucket on a drill rig when the employee's right pinky finger was crushed and amputated.

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