# Amputations at True Blue Car Wash, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020098457` · 9/4/2020 · MILFORD, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
- **Source:** Passenger vehicle, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** True Blue Car Wash, LLC
- **Location:** 1020 Bridgeport Avenue, MILFORD, CONNECTICUT, 06460
- **NAICS:** 811192
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a towel to dry tire rims on a vehicle that had just exited the car wash. After stopping at the bump stop, the vehicle began to slowly roll backwards. When this occurred the employee's right ring finger became stuck in the tire rim and  amputated above the first knuckle.

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