# Amputations at CSI Compressco LP
> OSHA SIR `2023098318` · 9/8/2023 · ORLA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Container caps, lids, covers
## Employer
- **Name:** CSI Compressco LP
- **Location:** Mockingbird #905 Conoco Location, ORLA, TEXAS, 79770
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was servicing company equipment. The employee was removing a valve cap cover off a first-stage discharge cylinder when trapped pressure released, causing the valve cap to strike the employee's hand and arm. The employee sustained a laceration and partial amputation of the right index finger. They required surgery for fractures to the arm and injury to tendons and ligaments.

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