# Amputations at Triangle Rotating Equipment Specialist, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181212581` · 12/7/2018 · ORANGE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Air compressors
## Employer
- **Name:** Triangle Rotating Equipment Specialist, Inc.
- **Location:** 1942 Strickland Drive, ORANGE, TEXAS, 77630
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to determine why an air compressor was leaking oil. While the employee had his arm inside a shroud covering a fan, the air compressor cycled on, causing the amputation of the employee's right arm below the elbow.

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