# Amputations at Advanced Wheel Sale, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020087640` · 8/12/2020 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Wheels, tire rims
- **Secondary source:** Wheels, tire rims
## Employer
- **Name:** Advanced Wheel Sale, LLC
- **Location:** 330 West 38th Street, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77018
- **NAICS:** 441320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving and stacking commercial truck tire rims. His finger got pinched between two rims causing an amputation of the employee's left middle fingertip.

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