# Crushing injuries at Keppel AmFELS, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022087511` · 8/24/2022 · BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched between two stationary objects
- **Source:** Containers-pressurized, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Structures, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Keppel AmFELS, LLC
- **Location:** 20000 State Hwy 48 East, BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, 78523
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a torch to trim the foundation for a compressed air tank so the tank would fit in place. His left hand was caught between the tank and the steel bar foundation structure; the hand was crushed and burned.

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