# Amputations at Tolunay-Wong Engineering, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020076441` · 7/10/2020 · PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Tolunay-Wong Engineering, Inc.
- **Location:** 1801 South Gulfway Drive, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, 77640
- **NAICS:** 541330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing a surface casing of a drill rig, pulling it up with the drill pipe. His right thumb was caught in a pinch point between the mast and the casing. The thumb tuft was amputated, along with the soft tissue of the thumb tip.

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