# Amputations at Blanchard Refining Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020021795` · 2/24/2020 · TEXAS CITY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Blanchard Refining Company, LLC
- **Location:** 2401 5th Avenue South, TEXAS CITY, TEXAS, 77590
- **NAICS:** 325110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was executing the removal of the unloading arm coupling blind and was struck by the coupling blind. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture to the arm/wrist, fractured ribs, and amputation of the right index finger.

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