# Amputations at LKQ North Texas Ft. Worth
> OSHA SIR `2017088342` · 8/30/2017 · BURLESON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** LKQ North Texas Ft. Worth
- **Location:** 2955 S Burleson Blvd, BURLESON, TEXAS, 76028
- **NAICS:** 441310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a tire machine to remove a tire from a rim when the machine suddenly reversed, causing the tire removal bar to pinch and amputate the employee's left pinky fingertip.

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