# Amputations at Gates Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2018010121` · 1/4/2018 · GALESBURG, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Gates Corporation
- **Location:** 630 US Highway 150 E, GALESBURG, ILLINOIS, 61401
- **NAICS:** 326220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting a coiler machine when a damaged pneumatic piston actuated and amputated the employee's right middle fingertip.

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