# Amputations at Firestone Stores of Brownsville Inc
> OSHA SIR `2017021390` · 2/11/2017 · SAN BENITO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Firestone Stores of Brownsville Inc
- **Location:** 190 W. Stenger St., SAN BENITO, TEXAS, 78586
- **NAICS:** 441320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to center a vehicle on a lift ramp by moving a tire rim when his left middle finger was caught and amputated between the tire rim and the caliper.

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