# Amputations at Smail Auto Group
> OSHA SIR `2015075272` · 7/30/2015 · GREENSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Tires, except bike
- **Secondary source:** Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Smail Auto Group
- **Location:** 5110 RT 30, GREENSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 15601
- **NAICS:** 811111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While working with a coworker to remove a spare tire from under a vehicle, the spare tire fell and crushed an employee's left thumb. One quarter of the employee's left thumb was amputated.

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