# Amputations at SPARTAN DIRECTIONAL, L.L.C.
> OSHA SIR `2018010362` · 1/11/2018 · LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA
## 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:** Slings
- **Secondary source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** SPARTAN DIRECTIONAL, L.L.C.
- **Location:** 301 Cornelius Drive, LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA, 70508
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking the rigging on a rig. His hand was on a sling that was lifting a piece of pipe when his right hand was caught between the sling and the pipe. His right little finger had to be surgically amputated.

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