# Fractures at Plains Yazoo Cotton Oil
> OSHA SIR `2019032411` · 3/6/2019 · LUBBOCK, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Picking, carding, combing machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Plains Yazoo Cotton Oil
- **Location:** 2901 AVE A, LUBBOCK, TEXAS, 79404
- **NAICS:** 111191
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a delinting machine when a newly added belt caused the machine to begin wobbling. The employee turned off the machine and tried to remove the belt, which caught and broke the employee's right ring finger.

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