# Amputations at Helmerich & Payne, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017109686` · 10/9/2017 · GEARY, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Helmerich & Payne, Inc.
- **Location:** near Geary OK, GEARY, OKLAHOMA, 73040
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was getting an oil sample from a hoist on the rig floor. He turned a valve and the hoist activated, amputating his right index fingertip.

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