# Amputations at ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2022108886` · 10/10/2022 · ROSWELL, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Automobile lifts and hoists
## Employer
- **Name:** ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, INC.
- **Location:** 11130 Alpharetta Highway, ROSWELL, GEORGIA, 30076
- **NAICS:** 441110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lowering a car on a lift, but the locking mechanism was not releasing. He attempted to manually release the lift lock by using his finger. When the lock released, the weight of the car caused it to spring forward resulting in a partial fingertip amputation.

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