# Amputations at Missouri Basin Well Service, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018032433` · 3/12/2018 · WATFORD CITY, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Missouri Basin Well Service, Inc.
- **Location:** Rolla Federal 11-3, WATFORD CITY, NORTH DAKOTA, 58854
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an outrigger for balance while he used his foot to clear snow from the area where the outrigger foot would sit. While the employee's hand was on the outrigger, the outrigger activated. The employee's right index finger that was inside a pin hole when it moved resulting in amputation.

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