# Amputations at Highlands Drilling
> OSHA SIR `2019010956` · 1/26/2019 · MILLSBORO, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Highlands Drilling
- **Location:** Highlands Drilling Rig 12, MILLSBORO, PENNSYLVANIA, 15348
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee picked up a wear bushing that weighed approximately 50-60 pounds from a table. The employee carried it and went to set it down when it slipped. His finger was pinched between the bushing and the sub-setting. The employee sustained the amputation of his right ring fingertip.

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