Amputations

Name: Amputations at El Campo Compressor Rental, Inc.
Start: 8/21/2017

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017088041 · 8/21/2017 · El Campo Compressor Rental, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
Source: Oil drilling rigs and machinery

Employer

Name: El Campo Compressor Rental, Inc.
Location: FM 2546 and FM 1160, EL CAMPO, TEXAS, 77437
NAICS: 532490
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On 8/21/2017, an employee was checking a natural gas compressor at an oil and gas lease when his right hand was caught and severely lacerated between the fan blade and the frame of the compressor. His hand had to be medically amputated. The fan was running at the time of the incident.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown