# Amputations at Reeves Import Motorcars
> OSHA SIR `2016076390` · 7/15/2016 · TAMPA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Product testing, inspecting, and diagnostic machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Reeves Import Motorcars
- **Location:** 11333 N. Florida Ave., TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33612
- **NAICS:** 441120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was injured while performing a routine wheel inspection diagnostics checklist. During this inspection and as the wheel assembly was spinning, the employee's right hand entered into the wheel assembly and his index finger extended beyond the spoke of the wheel as it passed the brake caliper assembly. A pinch point occurred between the caliper and the spoke and amputated the fingertip.

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