# Amputations at Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co.
> OSHA SIR `2018055307` · 5/31/2018 · GILLETT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co.
- **Location:** Near Gillett CR 271 and 272, GILLETT, TEXAS, 78116
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attaching a tong to a pipe when his left leg was caught in the tong pull line and the drill string, resulting in a left leg amputation.

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