# Amputations at Picco Coatings, Co.
> OSHA SIR `2022020988` · 2/1/2022 · WALLER, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Barrels, drums-except pressurized
- **Secondary source:** Barrels, drums-except pressurized
## Employer
- **Name:** Picco Coatings, Co.
- **Location:** 20738 Stokes Road, WALLER, TEXAS, 77484
- **NAICS:** 325510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was reshuffling 55-gallon metal drums to be restocked when his left  ring finger was smashed between two drums, resulting in hospitalization and a fingertip amputation.

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