# Amputations at Midtown Tire, INC
> OSHA SIR `2021031973` · 3/5/2021 · ATLANTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Automobile lifts and hoists
## Employer
- **Name:** Midtown Tire, INC
- **Location:** 411 Ponce De Leon Ave NE, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30308
- **NAICS:** 811111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were lowering a car on an automotive lift by manually engaging an unguarded latch. The latch snapped back and pinched one of the employee's left hand against the lift post resulting in a partial amputation of the index and middle fingertips.

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