# Amputations at Phil Long Dealerships
> OSHA SIR `2021010435` · 1/16/2021 · COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Automobile lifts and hoists
## Employer
- **Name:** Phil Long Dealerships
- **Location:** 670 Automotive Drive, COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, 80905
- **NAICS:** 441110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was releasing a stuck safety latch mechanism on an automotive lift. The lift lowered, catching the employee's finger in the mechanism and causing an amputation.

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