# Amputations at Bridgestone Retail Operations
> OSHA SIR `20171010431` · 10/26/2017 · WARWICK, RHODE ISLAND
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Bridgestone Retail Operations
- **Location:** 400 Bald Hill Rd., WARWICK, RHODE ISLAND, 02886
- **NAICS:** 441320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was mounting a car tire to a rim when his right index finger was caught between the tire, the rim, and a duck face component while the tire was rotating. His right index fingertip was removed leaving the bone exposed.

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