# Amputations at Discount Tire
> OSHA SIR `2023021635` · 2/21/2023 · ROANOKE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **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:** 1330 North U.S. Highway 377, ROANOKE, TEXAS, 76262
- **NAICS:** 441320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a robo-arm to change a tire when the robo-arm pinched and amputated his right ring fingertip. The employee was hospitalized.

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