Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Name: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified at Discount Tire
Start: 12/19/2024

1 amputation · 20241211747 · 12/19/2024 · Discount Tire

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Cause

Event: Contact incidents unspecified
Source: Other special process machinery n.e.c.
Secondary source: Source, secondary source unspecified

Employer

Name: Discount Tire
Location: 8000 Interstate 40, AMARILLO, TEXAS, 79106
NAICS: 441320
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was balancing a tire using a tire balancer machine. The employee removed the tire from the balancer and the tire's weight pulled their hand down, causing the the tire balancer shaft to amputate their left index fingertip.

Source

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