# Amputations at Newman Operating Company
> OSHA SIR `2018010729` · 1/22/2018 · LA JOYA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Newman Operating Company
- **Location:** 2221 Seven Mile Rd, LA JOYA, TEXAS, 78560
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was grabbing a transfer cup to place it on top of a rod when his thumb became caught in the transfer cup's hole, amputating it.

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