# Amputations at NOMAC Drilling Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017054909` · 5/31/2017 · PECOS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
- **Secondary source:** Fasteners, connectors, ropes, ties, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** NOMAC Drilling Company, LLC
- **Location:** Nomac Drilling Rig #57, PECOS, TEXAS, 79772
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to install an orbit valve when his right ring fingertip was caught and partially amputated between the orbit valve and a flowline flange.

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