# Amputations at Tire Centers, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017010035` · 1/2/2017 · NAPLES, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Impact wrenches-powered
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Tire Centers, LLC
- **Location:** 4500 Exchange Avenue, NAPLES, FLORIDA, 34102
- **NAICS:** 441320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an air impact wrench to tighten lug nuts on the vehicle he was servicing. His glove got caught on the rotating spindle as he was tightening the lug nuts on the vehicle and the employee suffered an open fracture and amputation of his left little fingertip.

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