Abstract: At approximately 1:00 p.m. on August 22, 2009, a mechanic was employed at an automobile dealer. The mechanic was lowering a car on a 7,000 lb capacity automotive lift (Rotary Auto Lift, Model SPOA88-21, Serial Number L86860) after he finished lubing it. He lowered the car by using a lever/switch with his right hand and held the lock release lever with his left hand. As he was holding the lever down, his left middle finger was in a hole in the mast of the lift. As the arm of the lift came down, his left middle finger got caught between the lift arm and the hole. It amputated his finger to the first knuckle, and the worker required hospitalization.