# Amputations at Canary Drilling Service
> OSHA SIR `2017010146` · 1/6/2017 · WATFORD CITY, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Canary Drilling Service
- **Location:** 2438 Highway 85 North, WATFORD CITY, NORTH DAKOTA, 58854
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was opening a valve he was repairing when he dropped the valve hand wheel. As he tried to catch it, the wheel crushed his middle fingertip, which had to be amputated.

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