# Amputations involving bone loss at DISCOUNT TIRE COMPANY OF TEXAS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2024043013` · 4/5/2024 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Other special process machinery  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Tires, inner tubes
## Employer
- **Name:** DISCOUNT TIRE COMPANY OF TEXAS, INC.
- **Location:** Discount Tire - TXH 41, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77075
- **NAICS:** 441320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a balancing machine to balance a truck tire when the wheel slipped and caught his left ring finger between the tire and the tire hub, resulting in  amputation of the first digit of his left ring finger.

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