# Amputations at Firestone Complete Auto Care
> OSHA SIR `2018032281` · 3/7/2018 · PEARLAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Firestone Complete Auto Care
- **Location:** 9530 Broadway, PEARLAND, TEXAS, 77584
- **NAICS:** 811198
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a tire machine when the tire dismounting arm struck the employee s right middle finger, partially amputating the first joint.

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