# Amputations at Targa Energy, LP
> OSHA SIR `20211210829` · 12/17/2021 · TEXON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Targa Energy, LP
- **Location:** Approximately 332 Hirt Road, TEXON, TEXAS, 76932
- **NAICS:** 221210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on a gas compressor when his foot slipped off the piping on which he was standing. As he fell, the employee put his left hand out to catch his fall. The valve cap he was holding in his right hand fell onto his left ring finger resulting in an amputation.

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