# Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss at LKQ Foster Auto Parts, Inc., dba LKQ Barger Auto Parts
> OSHA SIR `2025088553` · 8/27/2025 · CALDWELL, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss
## 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:** LKQ Foster Auto Parts, Inc., dba LKQ Barger Auto Parts
- **Location:** 6423 Cleveland Blvd., CALDWELL, IDAHO, 83607
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a tire machine to break down a low-profile tire. The pneumatic assist arm became caught on the lip of the wheel. He went to move the head of the arm, and the head dropped down and caught his right index finger against the tire rim. The employee's fingertip was amputated without loss of bone.

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