# Amputations at Oklahoma Tire Recyclers, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018066461` · 6/28/2018 · BRISTOW, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-screw, auger
## Employer
- **Name:** Oklahoma Tire Recyclers, LLC
- **Location:** 100 Old Trail Road, BRISTOW, OKLAHOMA, 74010
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on an elevated screw conveyor to repair a leak when his left hand slipped and his left index finger slid into the conveyor amputating it at the first knuckle.

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