# Amputations at Odessa Pumps & Equipment
> OSHA SIR `2017021875` · 2/22/2017 · LOVELADY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Pumps
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Odessa Pumps & Equipment
- **Location:** Well K-3, LOVELADY, TEXAS, 75851
- **NAICS:** 423830
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 22, 2017, at approximately 1:00 PM, an employee was helping to set up a pump on the skid. While lowering the pump, the employee attempted to align the bolts and caught his finger between the skid and the pump. The employee suffered a right middle fingertip amputation.

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