# Amputations at Elite Compression Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019076841` · 7/8/2019 · ZAPATA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
- **Secondary source:** Turning handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Elite Compression Services, LLC
- **Location:** Hynes CDP Well, ZAPATA, TEXAS, 78076
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on a natural gas compressor. He was turning over an engine by barring over when his left pinky finger was caught between the bar and the guard for the bull wheel. Two centimeters of the tip were amputated.

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