# Amputations at Tilley Oilfield Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022010747` · 1/25/2022 · VELMA, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Tilley Oilfield Services, LLC
- **Location:** Citation Oil & Gas well site, VELMA, OKLAHOMA, 73491
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been using tubing tongs to tighten loose bolts on a hanger bracket. As the employee was setting the tongs down, they triggered while the employee's fingers were between the tong clamps. The employee suffered an amputation to the right middle fingertip, as well as crushing injuries to the index and ring fingers.

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