# Amputations at JOHN DEERE HARVESTER WORKS
> OSHA SIR `2017076502` · 7/13/2017 · EAST MOLINE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Vises, clamps
## Employer
- **Name:** JOHN DEERE HARVESTER WORKS
- **Location:** 1100 13TH AVENUE, EAST MOLINE, ILLINOIS, 61244
- **NAICS:** 333111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was welding and attaching a manual load clamp when the employee's left little fingertip was caught and amputated in the clamp.

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