# Amputations at Brake Check, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191212523` · 12/5/2019 · TOMBALL, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Automobile lifts and hoists
## Employer
- **Name:** Brake Check, Inc.
- **Location:** 27913 Hwy 249, TOMBALL, TEXAS, 77375
- **NAICS:** 811191
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to release the lock on an auto lift to lower a vehicle. The auto lift's locking mechanism caught two fingers on the employee's left hand. The middle finger was medically amputated above the knuckle. The ring finger was crushed but surgically repaired.

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