# Amputations at Helmerich and Payne Drilling Company/H&P Rig 601
> OSHA SIR `2017043592` · 4/21/2017 · MIDLAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Helmerich and Payne Drilling Company/H&P Rig 601
- **Location:** Well # ALD MR402-H, Reagan County, 60 Miles S. of Midland, MIDLAND, TEXAS, 79701
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on the rig floor installing a lift cap into a mud tool. As the driller came up with the elevators his right middle finger was caught in between the elevators and the lift cap, partially amputating his finger.

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