# Amputations at El Campo Compressor Rental, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017088041` · 8/21/2017 · EL CAMPO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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.

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