# Amputations at Auto Zone, Inc. (Store# 1240)
> OSHA SIR `2017032630` · 3/22/2017 · DEFUNIAK SPRINGS, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Engine, engine block, motor-vehicle
- **Secondary source:** Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Auto Zone, Inc. (Store# 1240)
- **Location:** 131 E. Nelson Ave, DEFUNIAK SPRINGS, FLORIDA, 32433
- **NAICS:** 441310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading a car engine with a coworker when the engine became caught on the truck bed and fell. As the injured employee attempted to catch the engine, his left index finger was caught between the pallet and the engine, amputating his fingertip.

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