# Amputations at CONTINENTAL TIRE NORTH AMERICA, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2015031443` · 3/24/2015 · MOUNT VERNON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Tire inner tubes
- **Secondary source:** Dies, molds, patterns
## Employer
- **Name:** CONTINENTAL TIRE NORTH AMERICA, INC.
- **Location:** 11525 NORTH IL HWY 142, MOUNT VERNON, ILLINOIS, 62864
- **NAICS:** 441320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's fingers got caught between a bladder bag and a tire mold. The employee was hospitalized and received an amputation of the third digit to the second knuckle and the fourth digit to the first knuckle.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*