# Amputations at Compass Compression
> OSHA SIR `2023043178` · 4/11/2023 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Grates
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Compass Compression
- **Location:** 4444 Brittmoore Rd, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77041
- **NAICS:** 333912
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving grating on a skid to set in a pipe. As he pulled the grating, his right middle finger was caught between the grating and angle iron that had been welded to the skid. The employee sustained an amputation to the right middle finger without bone loss.

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