# Amputations at The Tire Rack, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018032998` · 3/28/2018 · WINDSOR, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** The Tire Rack, Inc.
- **Location:** 100 International Drive, WINDSOR, CONNECTICUT, 06095
- **NAICS:** 441320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 28, 2018, an employee was changing a battery in a fork truck. He was attempting to remove a hoist chain from the battery hook when his right thumb tip was caught and amputated between the chain and battery hook.

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