# Amputations at DAWSON GEOPHYSICAL
> OSHA SIR `2018010479` · 1/16/2018 · LENORAH, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Mining and drilling machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** DAWSON GEOPHYSICAL
- **Location:** Off country road 849 east of 669, LENORAH, TEXAS, 79749
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on a remote seismic vibrator when his right pinky finger became caught in the locking mechanism, amputating it at the first knuckle.

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