# Amputations at Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017032571` · 3/21/2017 · BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Rail vehicle, n.e.c
## Employer
- **Name:** Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC
- **Location:** 1600 FORT JESSE ROAD, P.O. BOX 640, BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS, 61702
- **NAICS:** 326211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to load material into a monorail cart. As the employee was pushing the material into the monorail material cups, the employee's right middle finger was pinched between the material shell bar and monorail cart cups. The fingertip had to be surgically amputated.

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