# Amputations at Auto Zone, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016064842` · 6/1/2016 · HAMILTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Automobile
## Employer
- **Name:** Auto Zone, Inc.
- **Location:** 4131 Hamilton-Middletown Road, HAMILTON, OHIO, 45011
- **NAICS:** 441310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking brakes on a customer's vehicle in the parking lot. The car rolled and the employee's finger was caught in the wheel resulting in amputation of the right index fingertip.

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