# Amputations at Frito-Lay, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20221210504` · 12/2/2022 · DENVER, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Frito-Lay, Inc.
- **Location:** 11645 East 37th Avenue, DENVER, COLORADO, 80239
- **NAICS:** 311919
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lowering a lift gate on a conveyor when his finger was caught in the pinch point, resulting in amputation of the right middle fingertip.

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