# Amputations at America Tire and Wheel
> OSHA SIR `20171111407` · 11/30/2017 · BLACKSHEAR, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** America Tire and Wheel
- **Location:** 614 Memory Street, BLACKSHEAR, GEORGIA, 31516
- **NAICS:** 326211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking air pressure using a gauge and stacking wheels when his hand entered an auto-inflator head. His left hand was pinched between the head, tire, and wheel, resulting in a partial thumb amputation.

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