Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Monro, Inc., 8490 Sheldon Rd., TAMPA, FLORIDA 33615
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was checking the radiator fan of a vehicle after the fan was replaced when the fan blades amputated his left index finger.
An employee was hot patching a tire, which involves lighting a flammable liquid on fire to patch the tire. The flammable liquid contacted his arm, and he sustained burns to his arms and face.
On July 19, 2025, an employee was filling a wheelbarrow tire with air when the tire exploded, resulting in severe injuries to their right hand including a partial amputation.
An employee was placing an automotive tire on a balance and mount machine when the tire crushed their left ring fingertip, resulting in a fingertip amputation that was surgically reattached.
Two employees were attempting to align a car with an alignment rack, but the rack was not reading the car properly. The employee in the car attempted to move the car back and forth so the rack could read it when the car rolled off the rack and struck the injured employee, resulting in a fractured leg.
Two employees were repairing the hydraulic engagement pins on a rented front-end wheel loader. The machine controls were activated to move the attachment pins and an employee's finger was caught between the pins and the bushings. Their right index finger was partially amputated.
An employee was cleaning the conveyor on a piece of equipment when they slipped and their right hand was pulled into the chain sprocket. The employee's fifth fingertip was amputated.
An employee was throwing blankets onto a blanket folding and stacking machine. A blanket got stuck in the machine and she attempted to remove it when the machine contacted her right little finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 441320)
An employee was replacing a tire on a wheelbarrow when the tire exploded. The employee sustained fractures to his right hand and an abrasion to the right side of his face. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery on his right hand.
An employee was guiding a customer's automobile onto the alignment rack when the vehicle drove over the rack and pinned the employee against the alignment computer. The employee sustained a bruised left hand and a fractured left fibula and was hospitalized.
An employee was working on a cushion ring (steel). As they lifted the cushion ring with both hands to flip it up, the ring slid down and the employee's right middle fingertip was crushed between the ring and the work table. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture, and their right middle fingertip was amputated.
An employee was returning to their truck after collecting a check for a delivery of tires. As they were shutting the door on the back of their box truck they were struck by an electric all-terrain vehicle that was being serviced, resulting in a fractured left ankle, fractured elbow with bone through the skin, and fractured pelvis.
An employee was helping a coworker transport a tall palm tree with a mini skid steer. The employee was severely shocked by a high-voltage electrical wire above the ground.
An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.
An employee was operating an agricultural tractor during sugarcane harvesting. The employee sustained a lumbar sprain due to vibration or motion from the tractor.
An employee was moving a 3-ton condensing unit, strapped down on a dolly, out of a garage. The strap broke, causing the employee to fall backward onto the brick pavered driveway. The employee suffered injury to a spinal ligament in the neck.