# Amputations at Republic EES, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20191111687` · 11/10/2019 · KERMIT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Centrifuges
## Employer
- **Name:** Republic EES, LLC
- **Location:** Oasis Petroleum HP 602, KERMIT, TEXAS, 79745
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to release solids in a centrifuge that had packed off. His left ring finger was caught between a belt and a pulley and the fingertip was amputated.

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