# Amputations at Anderson Perforating Services LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023086969` · 8/1/2023 · ALBANY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Demolition or blasting explosion
- **Source:** Explosives, blasting agents, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Anderson Perforating Services LLC
- **Location:** 124 Welco Rd., ALBANY, TEXAS, 76430
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to download shaped charges. During the process, a charge exploded directly over the employee's left hand. The employee suffered lacerations and burns to his left hand. He was hospitalized, and his left little finger was surgically amputated.

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