# Amputations at Pomp's Tire Service, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019099936` · 9/23/2019 · SHELDON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Crowbars
## Employer
- **Name:** Pomp's Tire Service, Inc.
- **Location:** Nutrien Ag Solutions, SHELDON, ILLINOIS, 60966
- **NAICS:** 441320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At about 4:11 p.m. on September 23, 2019, an employee was putting a rubber O-ring on a tire using a pry bar. The pry slipped and the wheel lock ring amputated the employee's left index fingertip.

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