# Amputations at Double K Drilling, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018032467` · 3/13/2018 · MIDLAND, TEXAS
## 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:** Double K Drilling, LLC
- **Location:** Summit Drilling, Bar Ranch, Cindy C1405, MIDLAND, TEXAS, 79706
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was making a connection with a drill pipe and had a hand around the pipe when it moved into an iron roughneck. The employee's right pinky finger was caught between the iron roughneck and pipe, amputating the fingertip.

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