# Amputations at PYCO Industries Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016098587` · 9/11/2016 · LUBBOCK, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** PYCO Industries Inc.
- **Location:** 2901 Ave A, LUBBOCK, TEXAS, 79408
- **NAICS:** 115114
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pulling a basket out of the extractor when his right pinky finger was caught between the wall and the basket, amputating 1/2-inch of the fingertip.

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