# Amputations at Vertical Transport North, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018044149` · 4/30/2018 · WATFORD CITY, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Tools, instruments, and equipment, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Vertical Transport North, Inc.
- **Location:** Orvis State 150-99-21-16, WATFORD CITY, NORTH DAKOTA, 58854
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had unstrapped some downhole tools that were brought to a wellsite. While another employee was going to get a forklift, the load shifted and smashed his finger between the load and the rub rail, resulting in a finger amputation.

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