Amputations

Name: Amputations at Discount Tire
Start: 8/14/2020

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2020087695 · 8/14/2020 · Discount Tire

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Special process machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Discount Tire
Location: 9403 Culebra Rd, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78251
NAICS: 441320
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was mounting a tire. The tire machine robot arm's head was pressing against the edge of the lip of the wheel; it then slipped off the wheel and down onto the tire, pinching the employee's right little finger against the tire rim. The finger was amputated.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown