# Amputations at PIPE PROS, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019099136` · 9/3/2019 · COUSHATTA, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** PIPE PROS, LLC
- **Location:** Drilling Rig, COUSHATTA, LOUISIANA, 71019
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While a crew was completing a casing connection, which involves pieces of pipe being torqued together, an employee's fingers were caught in the top drive wheel. The employee's right middle finger was amputated, and the index and ring fingers were lacerated.

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