# Amputations at Neac Compressor Services USA
> OSHA SIR `2019022047` · 2/24/2019 · WESTLAKE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Other machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Neac Compressor Services USA
- **Location:** SASOL West Plant, WESTLAKE, LOUISIANA, 70669
- **NAICS:** 333912
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was rotating a compressor flywheel when the first digit of his right index finger was forced against the shaft of the flywheel locking device.

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