# Amputations at Bridgestone Retail Operations
> OSHA SIR `2020087522` · 8/9/2020 · FORT WORTH, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Bridgestone Retail Operations
- **Location:** 5450 Overton Ridge Road, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76132
- **NAICS:** 811111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a machine to change a tire when his thumb got caught in the machine as it mechanically lowered to break the tire bead from the rim. The employee suffered an amputation of the tip of his left them.

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