# Amputations at Discount Tire
> OSHA SIR `2020087695` · 8/14/2020 · SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Discount Tire
- **Location:** 9403 Culebra Rd, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78251
- **NAICS:** 441320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was mounting a tire. The tire machine robot arm's head was pressing against the edge of the lip of the wheel; it then slipped off the wheel and down onto the tire, pinching the employee's right little finger against the tire rim. The finger was amputated.

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