# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Snap-On Equipment
> OSHA SIR `2024032649` · 3/25/2024 · DEVON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Other special process machinery  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Snap-On Equipment
- **Location:** 470 W. Lancaster Ave., DEVON, PENNSYLVANIA, 19333
- **NAICS:** 811198
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was doing an operational checkout of the double bead breaker linkage piston on a tire changer. While checking for binding of the piston, it crushed the end of their left index finger resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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