# Amputations at HERB CHAMBERS TOYOTA
> OSHA SIR `2017098791` · 9/13/2017 · ALLSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Automobile
## Employer
- **Name:** HERB CHAMBERS TOYOTA
- **Location:** 32 Brighton Avenue, ALLSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02134
- **NAICS:** 441110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had his hand on a car door. When a co-worker released the emergency brake, the car moved backwards and the employee's finger was caught between the car door and the building resulting in a partial amputation of the left index finger.

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