# Amputations at Downeast Toyota, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015074769` · 7/17/2015 · BREWER, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Automobile lifts and hoists
## Employer
- **Name:** Downeast Toyota, Inc.
- **Location:** 652 Wilson Street, BREWER, MAINE, 04412
- **NAICS:** 441110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While an employee was moving an empty engine hoist, the lifting arm of the hoist came down and severed the employee's right-hand middle fingertip.

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