# Amputations at Cameron Tire & Service
> OSHA SIR `20161211583` · 12/13/2016 · AUBURN, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Tires, inner tubes, wheels, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Cameron Tire & Service
- **Location:** 60 Minot Avenue, AUBURN, MAINE, 04210
- **NAICS:** 441320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was taking a tire off a tire balancing machine when his finger was pinched between the shaft of the tire balancing machine and the rim of the tire. His left index finger was partially amputated.

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